Example sentences of "[verb] wasted [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Toshack has wasted no time in putting his stamp on the side , moving the West German midfielder Bernd Schuster to libero , Michel from the right flank to central midfield , and giving the striker Emilio Butragueno a slightly withdrawn role . |
2 | The Nottingham Forest manager has wasted no time in moving for Olympic keeper Brad Freidle after Mark Crossley cost his side two crucial survival points against Wimbledon on Sunday . |
3 | Graseby Anderson Inc , the Atlanta , Georgia arm of Graseby Plc , Cambridge has wasted no time in filing its proposed initial public offering ( CI No 2,129 ) , of up to 1.92m shares , an unspecified number to come from the Andersen Samplers BV and Graseby Overseas Holdings Ltd units of Graseby . |
4 | VMark Software Inc , Framingham , Massachusetts , has wasted no time in getting its Pick-derived uniVerse ‘ postrelational database management system ’ up under Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and has been demonstrating it in Atlanta . |
5 | And it has wasted no time in garnering the support of academic and commercial developers with over 20 firms writing software for it . |
6 | VMark Software Inc , Framingham , Massachusetts , has wasted no time in getting its Pick-derived uniVerse ‘ postrelational database management system ’ up under Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and has been demonstrating it in Atlanta . |
7 | It 's hoped the machines can be repaired , but the person responsible for the damage has wasted a lot of time and money and delayed an important project . |
8 | For the Liberal Democrats , Nick Harvey said : ‘ The UK has wasted the six years since passing the Channel Tunnel Act . |
9 | And I 'd have shot myself if we lost because I 'd wasted a good chance just before the goal . ’ |
10 | He 'd wasted the day . |
11 | SAVE wasted no time in seeking legal advice as to whether the decision could be challenged . |
12 | After the weekend , the Unionist Whips decided that they had taken things far enough , having wasted an entire week of parliamentary time and given their supporters a sign of the vigour with which the fight was being waged . |
13 | Not surprisingly , they returned fishless , exhausted and furious at having wasted the day and so much of their breath . |
14 | Otherwise , after a hard day 's work in the middle of winter , you will find that you can not be bothered to make the effort to go along and you will have wasted the fees . |
15 | They did n't want his help , each one told him straight , because by the time he was briefed into what they were working on , then he would be away and they 'd have wasted the classroom time . |
16 | Mm , mm , we seemed to have wasted no time . |
17 | Instead , he said to Schellenberg , ‘ You seem to have wasted an inordinate amount of time so far , General . |
18 | When they resumed on the third afternoon after time lost for rain , they lost quick wickets , and at 214 for 6 seemed to have wasted the advantage . |
19 | I 've wasted a lot of canvas … |
20 | You feel you 've wasted a lot of years probably |
21 | Look I 've wasted a week already man |
22 | She had wasted a word . |
23 | That was after Andy Cole had wasted a golden opportunity to put City ahead , shooting weakly at Lions keeper Casey Keller . |
24 | It had been unnerving for Martin and we had wasted a lot of time , but we pushed on to the final ridge . |
25 | At Eton , he had been fag to a charmless older boy who had wasted no time in introducing Henry to the joys of homosexuality . |
26 | Fleury turned away , sickened , for Chloe had wasted no time in bounding forward to eat away the sepoy 's face . |
27 | The Padre had wasted no time in equipping himself with fresh and healthy bearers and now had himself carried with exhilarating swiftness in a litter to where the Collector was standing with the General . |
28 | He had wasted no time , the body was almost warm as life , only no breath in him , so we let all alone until morning . |
29 | He had already heard Osvaldo was dead — the malais had wasted no time in letting that he known — but the circumstances had been different . |
30 | The man 's wife had wasted no time going through his closets picking up worn and odd pairs . |