Example sentences of "have no time " in BNC.

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1 Bureaucrat and radical have no time for each other , but they are both undermining traditional humanism .
2 But the Ahlbergs have no time for literal interpretations of their work .
3 As such , it should command the attention even of readers who feel that they have no time for the art .
4 But he added : ‘ If , however , it means that managers are so distracted discussing the process of privatisation that they have no time left to manage , then that would be a most unhappy state of affairs . ’
5 ( c ) In addition , there are so many visitors that you have no time to question them all .
6 TIMOTHY AND CHRISTINE EASTON HAVE NO TIME FOR BUILDERS WHO SANDBLAST THE PAST INTO OBLIVION .
7 On his release from prison in 1985 , Gusty Spence , the leader of the Shankill UVF and the man convicted of the Malvern St murder , was asked about Paisley 's role and he was frankly dismissive : ‘ I have no time for Paisley 's type of religious fervour or his politics but he had no involvement in re-forming the UVF though he stirred up a lot of tension at that time for his own ends . ’
8 Now I have a salaried job instead of running the home I have no time to do the shopping , take the car to the garage or wait in for service engineers of various sorts .
9 Most ‘ organisers ’ swan in at eight-thirty looking important , only to discover there 's a big hitch and they have no time to put it right .
10 I get home and I have no time to myself .
11 It calls itself socialist , but wins seats in rural constituencies which have no time for socialism .
12 They have no time for self-congratulation on their narrow escape .
13 Having said that , if you do have top-quality black and white photographs , then include one with the press releases to the national newspapers ; they may want to carry the story but have no time to find a photograph themselves .
14 They may have to act on the spur of the moment and have no time to reflect and be bound , therefore , to arrest to prevent escape ; but where there is no danger of the person who has ex hypothesi aroused their suspicion that he probably is an ‘ offender ’ attempting to escape , they should make all presently practicable enquiries from persons present or immediately accessible who are likely to be able to answer their enquiries forthwith .
15 In this case you have no time to check which rod you are striking with and it could lose you fish if you strike too hard with the stiffer rod and break off , or too gently with the softer rod and fail to sink the hook .
16 ‘ I have no time to waste , ’ the girl retorts in contempt .
17 The common tendency of all of these people is to be so concerned with manipulating others to meet their needs that they have no time to minister to their partner 's needs .
18 We all seem to have one thing in common — we have no time to be bored or lonely .
19 ‘ We have no time to read newspapers , books , go to the cinema or theatre .
20 WHY do TV companies feed us recycled rubbish for 50 weeks a year then put on all the good programmes at Christmas when we have no time to watch the box ?
21 And of course the dreadful thought gnawing at him like a rat , that he refused to allow into his conscious mind , was the fear that she might already be complete in herself , and because of her love for her dead husband have no time for his helpless need , just as his mother had once been complete , in her sorrowful love for the stillborn Vincent who had preceded him .
22 ‘ Scottish chartered accountants have no time for rotten apples in their professional barrel . ’
23 The Enemy is upon us and we have no time to organise ourselves into battalions and ordered companies .
24 It is also in the interests of a tyrant to make his subjects poor , so that … the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting .
25 Girls in school uniform , women in hospital nightgowns , mothers struggling with poverty , who have no time or money to spend on their appearance , can feel that they are being depersonalized .
26 They reason that while Iran and Iraq are fighting each other they have no time to look for adventures elsewhere in the region . ’
27 I have no time for gossips , but in an island like this — ’ he called for another round .
28 Perhaps they have no time available nor money to squander on what they consider to be point less pursuits .
29 I have no time to waste . ’
30 I have no time for bitching .
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