Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] no time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The praise was well-deserved , but this was no time to be resting on laurels . |
| 2 | But this was no time to complicate things by being sidetracked by Ian . |
| 3 | But this was no time to be thinking about Marjorie again and her nagging about their poverty ; the morning would be complicated enough , God knew , without allowing Marjorie to invade his mind . |
| 4 | Brown Owl knew that this was no time to scold her , even if Mr. Gordon did n't . |
| 5 | This was no time to disappear . |
| 6 | Rebecque looked up into Sharpe 's tired and dust-stained face and wondered just how Sharpe had taken a prisoner , but he knew this was no time for foolish questions . |
| 7 | She instantly knew this was no time to be telling him what her trip to Bloomingdales had cost her in peace of mind . |
| 8 | She spoke as if this was no time at all . |
| 9 | No wonder the poor girl found herself tearing away her clothes with frenzied fingers as she felt them pullulating beneath her chemise ; this was no time to worry about modesty . |
| 10 | But of course , this was no time to start worrying about that sort of thing . |
| 11 | Timothy was equally blunt , for this was no time for dissembling . |
| 12 | Still , he thought , this was no time to pick and choose . |
| 13 | I felt angry with Jean-Claude , but this was no time to show it . |
| 14 | Clear as it might be that this was no time to continue old feuds with the shipowners , to lower one 's guard against them was too much to be expected . |
| 15 | Fenella felt ridiculous tears sting her eyes and brushed them away impatiently because this was no time to be emotional . |
| 16 | She had spent her life rushing into things — and this was no time to stop . |
| 17 | This was no time to look gorgeous . |
| 18 | This was no time for doubt and despondency and moping in solars . |
| 19 | He could be absolutely guaranteed to report to Fagg in the morning that a servant had been out of bounds , and this was no time to get the sack . |
| 20 | They were sheep who had decided that this was no time to waste energy panicking when it could be used for galloping away as fast as possible . |
| 21 | This was no time for false modesty . |