Example sentences of "n't [verb] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 Mr Foggerty was agreeably surprised , but when Nutty reminded him of the standard required , he relapsed into grim gloom and stood on the side of the bath in his white T-shirt and jeans looking at his watch and saying , ‘ I ca n't spare the time to do this three nights a week for the next year , which is what is required .
2 I wo n't do defended cases because I ca n't spare the time , not because I do n't feel competent .
3 Eventually she would train them to produce the kinds of designs she favoured , but for the moment , until she had her first collection down on paper , quite frankly she could n't spare the time .
4 She felt he was looking at her professionally now : a woman who had only had two cups of coffee for breakfast , who had not gone shopping or taken herself out to lunch as she had planned , who , in the old days , never seemed to waste a minute , who never laid down in the middle of the day and yet was now stretched out on the bed , inert , apathetic , openly admitting that she had n't realised the time .
5 ‘ I just i n't 'ad the time . ’
6 He says that the children are responding to a need in themselves , and believes that many adults do n't make the time to slow down and think about what they really need .
7 If you do n't make the time for training due to the work , pressures or deadlines or backlogs , and if you 're not training others they make mistakes do n't they ?
8 Cos they do n't want the time , they do n't want two hours dragging about on their legs .
9 You must n't think every time you 're tired or ca n't sleep that it 's this thing starting up again .
10 In Britain I do n't think the time is right for it .
11 That 's why I do n't need the time off . ’
12 And which we , we were n't granted the time off , we were granted time off without pay but not paid leave .
13 When you ca n't do the time , do n't do the crime turn to criminology you must be prepared to accept the punishment when they get caught
14 In the old films erm the saying was from one conduct to another , ‘ Do n't do the crime if you ca n't do the time . ’
15 The date is on the twenty eighth of March and the location will be at Hall and it will be it does n't give a time but it will be an evening meeting .
16 Erm well coal er is quite a dirty fuel when it 's burnt erm D Didcot power station er this is the sort of pollution you get from Didcot power station , it does n't give the time on there er you might be surprised to , to realize that 's actually er per day erm that 's the amount of pollution you get per day from a large coalfired power station .
17 On a more personal level , Riley has said : ‘ The game is the same but the stakes are higher for women – – You need time to reflect , you are alone essentially , and I knew that I could n't give the time and thought to bringing up children or caring for another person on an intimate level .
18 you 'd be expected to , to do a lot of work by yourself , and that 's reflecting the fact that erm you 'll probably have four or five lessons in each of your three subjects , but most people would choose three subjects for A level , and that means that er , when you 're not having lessons , you 've got a lot of time that is not accountable for , you will have been , or going to a general studies period and stuff like that , but there will be a fair number of private study periods , erm , there are some people I think who , who go overboard , and you 've got such a different approach erm from er the lower sixth , people do n't use the time that they have , erm , what I 'm really saying is that if you go into the sixth form and you spend less school time in the sixth form you do n't need to be prepared
19 He says he has n't got the time to spend — they 'll need evenings and evenings , far more than once a week .
20 Have n't got the time ,
21 ‘ I have n't got the time to meet girls ’
22 As sprinter Mike MacFarlane said of his parents ' total lack of encouragement : ‘ It was 'cause they had n't got the time to think about it . ’
23 And conversely , if you find that you 're just not a dab hand at paint techniques , or have n't got the time to find out , there are now quite a few wallpapers available which reproduce the effects , but require not painting : just hang , and you have instant sponged , rag-rolled or marbled walls !
24 I 'm very aware there 's lots of johs I ought to do — I used to be pretty thorough — and there are things I have n't got the time to do .
25 And she said , ‘ You know , I 'll have to look in this trunk here , but I have n't got the time , I must be off now … ’ .
26 I really have n't got the time to start picking up everybody 's cleaning , I 'd better wear my blue suit …
27 Ai n't got the time for shanties .
28 If I have n't got the time I 'll make time .
29 Our housework was hard and long and laborious and erm we 'd got two children to look after and then I 'd got my brother who did n't leave home until he was thirty and er , you had n't got the time , you know , to do too many things , so er my interest was the young wives ' and it was really a as regards the erm the Guild itself , I was thrown in at the deep end when this lady who was with my mother , mother was treasurer , she was secretary , erm she used to come down for me and , I know you should n't canvass but she used to canvass and say erm you know the voting , you know , will you , will you come and vote ?
30 If you want to do it you have n't really got you probably have n't got the time .
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