Example sentences of "[not/n't] have time " in BNC.

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31 They spent so much time in Zap Zone at Streatham , scampering about in clouds of dry ice , zapping each other with laser guns , so many hours watching Neighbours or running up and down shopping-malls , playing Super Nintendo , they had probably not had time to go anywhere near a mosque or get their heads round the basics of Islamic education .
32 Loretta was irritated ; she had not had time to think that far ahead .
33 This year , we 've not had time to integrate teaching and assessment of core skills into vocational areas .
34 This kind of ability is both envied and disparaged by many Continental musicians , and it can not be doubted that professional English singers often perform music which they have not had time to ‘ learn ’ in any sense of the term that a European singer would accept .
35 She has but I 've not had time to er assess her yet .
36 In both cases this is a real emergency , because in the event of a cable break the pilot does not have time to realise what is wrong , and he may well stall and spin if he flies by attitude and tries to turn without checking the actual speed .
37 He did n't like the sound of that much , so he changed his mind and said he might not have time , anyway , after his other reading in a church hall .
38 Some commentators get so excited about identifying the stuff with an excretion of insects living on twigs of the tamarisk , that they do not have time for much else .
39 This sharp differentiation , and the various impulses and societal shifts which encouraged it ( which unfortunately we do not have time to go into here ) was quite different from the situation which pertained t.n earlier Hebrew history .
40 If you do not have time to prepare breakfast it should not matter .
41 What if one day you just do not have time ?
42 Even if you do not have time to go in , at least note the quality of the window grilles .
43 He realized full well that he stood no chance of getting further reinforcements , and anyway he would not have time to train them .
44 When a melt of any kind is cooled rapidly , it does not have time to sort its atoms out into the ordered atomic structures of mineral crystals .
45 For example , if someone says that they did not have time to read the material and asks for a summary from the author or chairman , politely refuse .
46 This technique is only used when a person is dangerously ill and his own blood would not have time to develop the antibodies .
47 Three o'clock — I just finish off everything that I did not have time to do .
48 Reply : The Premier 's deputy secretary Jonathan Haslam replied : ‘ As I am sure you appreciate , particularly after recent events , the PM 's schedule is such that he simply does not have time to contribute to your magazine .
49 The range of fabrics which can be knitted is amazing , but so often we do not have time to explore them .
50 The organ grinder , however , did not have time to answer , because the drunken women had pushed his organ which began to roll down the hill .
51 They did not have time to destroy the ship 's logbook and this , combined with the testimony of the survivors , was evidence enough for Eck and those of the crew who had carried out the shooting to be arrested and tried by court-martial .
52 Remember all this well , so that you do n't get it wrong on the night ; you may not have time for a second performance .
53 Glasses behave as they do because , while they are cooling , they are so viscous that the molecules do not have time to sort themselves out into crystals and so cool glass is a solidified liquid , not a crystalline solid .
54 ‘ Savings rates always lag behind — and if the 2 per cent rise is temporary they may not have time to move at all . ’
55 As we are all busy people we might not have time to repeat the picture onto a larger surface .
56 I am afraid that due to limited time available I do not have time to write your articles for you .
57 They are intended to assist groups at local level who wish to make some contribution but do not have time to study the Lineaments and respond to all its questions .
58 In effect , large objects moving at hypersonic velocities do not have time to ‘ see ’ the atmosphere before cratering the surface .
59 If the intrusion does not have time to freeze before subsequent or continued injection , then the ‘ lubricated ’ region may channel magma towards the eventual eruption site .
60 This bodily preparation needs to occur so quickly that there is no time for conscious thought , the caveman does not have time to talk himself into this state of readiness .
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