Example sentences of "[verb] lost [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He added , ‘ I also hear that Earl Siward has lost no time in equipping all his churches of St Cuthbert with four stout walls , a ditch , and a garrison . |
| 2 | The German defenders had pulled out and , from their new positions , they had lost no time in setting up their mortars . |
| 3 | She was on the point of ordering some of her people to hurry over to Acropolis Park to call in person , when one of her more canny officers , who had lost no time in searching the sector , arrived back at the Club . |
| 4 | They had lost no time . |
| 5 | Hugo Brassard confirmed with obvious reluctance that Georgina Newley had lost no time in taking control of her husband 's business after his disappearance . |
| 6 | Martinho had lost no time in recounting the true details of Osvaldo 's moment of weakness , the point at which he 'd flipped his lid for the first and last time in his career , that murderous aberration which had been the doom of old friend and new foe alike . |
| 7 | The enemy have lost no time settling in and are now busy mortaring their former positions , causing the usual casualties . |
| 8 | They have lost no time in sounding the alarm about an impending famine , which they say threatens 1.9m people . |
| 9 | ‘ You have lost no time in setting things to rights , I see , ’ she said in a carefully neutral tone . |