Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pers pn] the time " in BNC.

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1 Not long ago he was on the phone to me moaning about Paul saying , he wo n't give me the time of day .
2 If I gave an interview I was the greatest guy in the world but if I said ‘ no , I want some time to myself ’ , they would n't give me the time of day .
3 I would n't give them the time of day . ’
4 I would n't give him the time of day if I could help it .
5 ‘ I do n't care how good the idea is , I do n't like you and wo n't give it the time of day . ’
6 The children are a pain , frankly , and Tim has sinus and wo n't give you the time of day .
7 ‘ Him , ’ they said , ‘ if he had two watches he still would n't give you the time . ’
8 Wendy Cope is about as far from the old-boy generation as David Wright feels from his first meeting with George Barker , but she knows what they 're like : Do n't ask him the time of day .
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