Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] have time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Islamey is a dangerous work with which to start a concert , the agitato semi-quavers of the opening bars requiring considerable precision from an orchestra which has not had time to warm up . |
| 2 | However , this almost certainly indicates that each species has arisen in the relatively recent past ( usually by hybridization between existing sexual species ) , and has not had time to evolve any substantial variability . |
| 3 | Just on admission , a patient has not had time to make any necessary spatial adjustments . |
| 4 | The person brought up in the city who has a natural and instinctive knowledge of the curative properties of herbs and wild flowers ; the person who experiences déjà vu or the one who seems to recognize a ‘ stranger ’ although the two have never met before ; the person born with talents he has not had time to acquire — is it not a possible explanation of the genius of such prodigies as Mozart that he actually brought with him skills and talents he had learnt in a previous lifetime ? |
| 5 | Launching into the logical approach when someone has not had time or does not have the information to assess your credibility is unwise . |
| 6 | Mark Flannagan , formerly Director of ASH Workplace Services , has been promoted to this post and has not had time to snatch a wink of sleep since . |
| 7 | Clare has seen it , although she probably has n't had time to read it fully . |
| 8 | She has n't had time to have any freedom yet . ’ |
| 9 | has n't had time to shave . |
| 10 | In the old days she 'd not had time to think about anything except how to keep out of trouble . |
| 11 | I 'd been doing press and touring and all that lot for two years without a break , I 'd not had time to change or take anything in . ’ |
| 12 | The realization that she was working for Hauser was opening new horizons for her , but she 'd not had time to work out how she could exploit the knowledge . |
| 13 | ‘ If you do n't want or do n't have time to haggle , ’ says Mr Latif , ‘ you should make sure you buy your carpet , your jewellery , or your woodwork from a fixed-price store . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Three o'clock — I just finish off everything that I did not have time to do . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He did not have time to dwell on the finer points of policy detail , and despite Kirk 's Ron-concurrence " he would have to send his telegram . |
| 19 | But I did not have time to talk to them all day ; I had my work to do . |
| 20 | I did not have time to consider . |
| 21 | She did not have time to dodge it . |
| 22 | She knew from experience that if she started a conversation with the girls about anything other than business , it could go on for ever , and Christina did not have time to listen to Todney 's domestic problems this morning . |
| 23 | They had a lot of gardening and planning to do and Mary did not have time to visit Colin that day . |
| 24 | The Englishmen did not have time to put their delaying tactics to the test , because the islanders struck , in greater numbers than ever before , and armed with muskets and other stolen firepower . |
| 25 | Over her shoulder , lying on the black leather upholstery of the back seat , he could see a black velour trilby which was vaguely familiar , though for the moment he did not have time to sort out exactly why or how . |
| 26 | Tess did not have time to answer . |
| 27 | He did not have time to study any more , and the long hours of work on the farm made him tired and dull . |
| 28 | He did not have time now to investigate his own feelings , but somewhere at the back of his mind was the thought that he was , himself , no idealist . |
| 29 | She was doing so reluctantly , it was her Poly day and she really did not have time . |
| 30 | I did not have time to come , but I wanted to see you very badly . |