Example sentences of "[vb base] no time for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some things need to be attended to very quickly because of the changed circumstances ; others , because they provide a refuge from ‘ thinking about things ’ , keep people occupied and thus leave no time for speculation or for unhappy thoughts to flood in . |
| 2 | The speed and urgency of cartoon action leave no time for reflection . |
| 3 | You leave no time for wonder |
| 4 | ‘ Listen , Arty Byrne , ’ Sister Cooney said crossly , ‘ I 've no time for joking . |
| 5 | I 've no time for all that wishy-washy muddled thinking ! |
| 6 | But suppose he is told about the new discovery chloroform , and says ‘ I 've no time for such newfangled nonsense ’ . |
| 7 | The poet says : ‘ I 've no time for the exclusiveness of high culture , anything that excludes my people . |
| 8 | I 've no time for the big bureaucratic parties , anyway . " |
| 9 | Daddy kept rather obviously bestirring himself to mind about my exams and piling up my desk with secondary stuff I 've no time for — I do n't want to read literary criticism yet , almost at all , and I 'm damned sure he does n't smother his clever boys with it . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've no time for that now , ’ he said . |
| 11 | I 've no time for any of them ! |
| 12 | Bureaucrat and radical have no time for each other , but they are both undermining traditional humanism . |
| 13 | But the Ahlbergs have no time for literal interpretations of their work . |
| 14 | As such , it should command the attention even of readers who feel that they have no time for the art . |
| 15 | TIMOTHY AND CHRISTINE EASTON HAVE NO TIME FOR BUILDERS WHO SANDBLAST THE PAST INTO OBLIVION . |
| 16 | On his release from prison in 1985 , Gusty Spence , the leader of the Shankill UVF and the man convicted of the Malvern St murder , was asked about Paisley 's role and he was frankly dismissive : ‘ I have no time for Paisley 's type of religious fervour or his politics but he had no involvement in re-forming the UVF though he stirred up a lot of tension at that time for his own ends . ’ |
| 17 | It calls itself socialist , but wins seats in rural constituencies which have no time for socialism . |
| 18 | They have no time for self-congratulation on their narrow escape . |
| 19 | And of course the dreadful thought gnawing at him like a rat , that he refused to allow into his conscious mind , was the fear that she might already be complete in herself , and because of her love for her dead husband have no time for his helpless need , just as his mother had once been complete , in her sorrowful love for the stillborn Vincent who had preceded him . |
| 20 | ‘ Scottish chartered accountants have no time for rotten apples in their professional barrel . ’ |
| 21 | It is also in the interests of a tyrant to make his subjects poor , so that … the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting . |
| 22 | I have no time for gossips , but in an island like this — ’ he called for another round . |
| 23 | I have no time for bitching . |
| 24 | The media , major users of public relations material , loves taking the mickey out of public relations which is so busy working on someone else 's image that they have no time for the image of their own industry . |
| 25 | Erm I would like to formally second Mr because I followed a situation where the previous minister had baptised anyone and when I arrived I discussed with the session what our policy on baptism was and we concurred that we should follow the nineteen sixty three law but apply it under grace and with the spirit of God in mind and we had some very difficult situations when people said to me no I have no time for God in my life but I want you to baptise my baby . |
| 26 | I have no time for losers ! ’ |
| 27 | Front-line supervisors make short-term day-to-day decisions and have no time for longer-term plans and decisions . |
| 28 | I have no time for people who lose their temper with animals but something snapped in my mind then . |
| 29 | I 'm studying for an important examination and I have no time for horrors or mysteries . ’ |
| 30 | They are committed to abolishing city technology schools , grammar schools and the assisted places scheme , and they have no time for parental choice . |