Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] have time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the old days she 'd not had time to think about anything except how to keep out of trouble . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Three o'clock — I just finish off everything that I did not have time to do . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But I did not have time to talk to them all day ; I had my work to do . |
| 10 | I did not have time to consider . |
| 11 | She did not have time to dodge it . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They had a lot of gardening and planning to do and Mary did not have time to visit Colin that day . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Tess did not have time to answer . |
| 17 | He did not have time to study any more , and the long hours of work on the farm made him tired and dull . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She was doing so reluctantly , it was her Poly day and she really did not have time . |
| 20 | I did not have time to come , but I wanted to see you very badly . |
| 21 | Earlier records ‘ are stored away somewhere ’ but the library staff did not have time to search for them . |
| 22 | But Gould did not have time to fuel his friendships , unless they were of some direct advantage to his work . |
| 23 | He did not have time to check his mirrors for police cars as he passed All Hallows-on-the-Wall and plunged into the long straight canyon of London Wall . |
| 24 | As for the countryside , the main complaint of the wage labourer was of underemployment and at certain seasons of the agricultural calendar many of them must have wished they did not have time on their hands . |
| 25 | The runner , who has always protested that he is innocent , insists that the only reason he did not provide a sample at the 1991 GRE Cup meeting was that he did not have time before he had to go to work . |
| 26 | There were many crew changes therefore lasting friendships did not have time to mature . |
| 27 | Pity I did n't have time to make bouillabaisse . |
| 28 | We did n't have time to play on the beach or in the streets with the other kids . |
| 29 | Tony did n't have time to waste booking him as a support act or doing a club circuit or anything like that . |
| 30 | ‘ Most of the time we were so busy rushing the posters out that we did n't have time to read them or think about what they said , ’ said Mr Mark Roblett , 27 , the elder of the two brothers whose south London company came to the aid of both parties . |