Example sentences of "[noun] and [noun] [vb past] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 10 years ago BBC1 's Last of the Summer Wine was going strong as Foggy and Clegg decided the time had come to replace Compo 's well-worn trousers . |
| 2 | But Sikes and Toby wasted no time . |
| 3 | Spanish Christendom thus enjoyed a respite and Alfonso lost no time in consolidating his battered forces . |
| 4 | Ali and Ahmed made a time to meet on the beach to fish . |
| 5 | With Mr Boyd ministering , and Lady Errol attending to her children , Boswell and Johnson passed the time — it will have been close to , or even after , seven o'clock by now — chatting quietly , admiring the sea view , inspecting the pictures , including a portrait of Lord Errol by their ‘ amiable and elegant friend ’ , of whom Johnson observed , concluding some complimentary remarks , ‘ Sir Joshua Reynolds is the most invulnerable man I know ; the man with whom if you should quarrel , you would find the most difficulty how to abuse . ’ |
| 6 | He was also keen to return North and Lawrence wasted no time when he took over at Ayresome Park . |
| 7 | At Swans ' Meadow , Charlotte and Ursula had no time to brood . |