Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being an ‘ illiterate mechanic ’ , Stephenson had no time for the niceties of laboratory research . |
| 2 | It was n't just that Bernice had no time for women who made themselves look like that ; the other woman demanded attention . |
| 3 | Marie had no time to think about Bella 's story : the little queue surged forward and they found themselves inside the double doors in a short corridor leading through to the main ward . |
| 4 | Ramsey had a time announced for hearing confessions and some people came . |
| 5 | Ian Wiley of Ireland had a time some 3 seconds faster than the winner but his 5 second penalty for touching a gate put him in 4th place overall . |
| 6 | Being obliged to earn a living without intermission , Jane had no time to pick and choose , but snapped up the first offer — on a woman 's magazine . |
| 7 | But Tallis had no time for the old man and his sad , bad dreams of lost possessions , lost knowledge . |
| 8 | Riven had no time to think before the Myrcan staff whistled around his ears , and smashed lights into his head . |
| 9 | Even so , Artemis had no time to relax or to shout at whoever it was still charging up beside her to slow down because the hill was beginning to flatten out into the dip and they were fast approaching the big open ditch . |
| 10 | Megan Browne had no time for professional snobbery , but she was adamant about the need for professional skills . |
| 11 | Wilson had no time to miss him and his family or her other gentleman , who had joined their party , before the Brownings were back , similarly propelled by the fear that they might be trapped because of war . |
| 12 | But Berdichev had no time for such ‘ niceties ’ . |
| 13 | But Joicey had no time for such pleasantries . |
| 14 | But Van Cheele had no time to talk about the beautiful sky . |
| 15 | Amidst the din of the machines , in his narrow sphere of activity , Antoine had no time to go through human motions other than the motions of his work . |
| 16 | He did not believe God had the time to interfere in the petty affairs of men . |
| 17 | A new hermit was supposed to get a licence or blessing from his bishop , but Rolle had no time for these forms . |
| 18 | Jack had no time for the dark night of the soul . |
| 19 | But now Duvall had the time , the training , the balance and the strength to deliver a kick to Jimmy 's midriff ; a controlled kick that had all of Duvall 's force behind it , from the hip . |
| 20 | Constance had no time to assess the bewildering exchange of tone that the lunch party had taken before Giancarlo was walking towards her with a vivacious woman by his side who was busily blowing kisses and calling ‘ Ciao ’ to the tables she passed . |
| 21 | It all happened so fast that Jenna had no time to move . |
| 22 | Glyn 's training suddenly got the better of him , but Jenna had no time to reply — the Frenchman did that smartly . |
| 23 | He confirmed that General Noriega was briefly in the hands of the rebels but said the US had no time to make use of this fact . |
| 24 | Richie had no time for Hawaiian polytheism . |
| 25 | Robbie had no time for anyone who disliked animals or children . |
| 26 | As it was , with Helmut gone , Jean-Claude had the time to convince me that my life in London not only lacked quality but was something of a farce . |
| 27 | Miriam had no time whatever for Party conferences . |
| 28 | Fleury had no time to draw his final weapon , the two-bladed Indian dagger , for his adversary , it turned out , was no less impressively armed than he was himself and he was already flourishing a spare sabre which he had been carrying for just such an emergency . |
| 29 | Georg was standing there and although Busacher had no time for the disagreeable young man , he had to concede that Georg , in dinner jacket and black tie , was extremely handsome . |
| 30 | Finlayson had no time to protect Tribe . |