Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] no time " in BNC.

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1 Laura had been given no time to mourn the collapse of her brief marriage .
2 They might be given no time to put down territorial roots .
3 But detritus is given no time to accumulate in tropical forests .
4 Flat fields interspersed by dykes gleaming in the June sunshine spread as far as the eye could see and skylarks hovered and trilled overhead , but Nails , cautiously taking it all in , was given no time for comment .
5 She was given no time to protest , as he found her mouth with his , and pressed her hard against him .
6 THERE were angry scenes outside Inverness Sheriff Court yesterday when a new age traveller was given no time to pay a £500 fine and jailed for 14 days .
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