Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] [art] time " 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to libero , Michel from the right flank to central midfield , and giving the striker Emilio Butragueno a slightly withdrawn role .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 | In the previous week the manor had cut the time to the summit by five minutes , but this was still two minutes short of the performance of No 75069 in June . |
| 3 | Walsh departed , and although Coleridge later refused to see the ‘ Spy Nozy ’ incident as other than ridiculous , the government 's unwanted attentions had marked a time of real danger , as John Thelwall , from bitter recent experience , could have warned . |
| 4 | The enemy have lost no time settling in and are now busy mortaring their former positions , causing the usual casualties . |
| 5 | If the time was deemed to be right , if the prospective bride had accepted and the parents had chosen a time , he would be married , that was sure . |
| 6 | It was not fair to say that he– parents had had no time for her or for Joe ; all four of the family had worked together , and , as the settlement grew , they had enjoyed churchgoing and Easters and Christmases with their neighbours . |
| 7 | No less important , the choice of 2nd May had left no time to consult them beforehand and they resented what appeared to be an arbitrary order . |
| 8 | Fakrid had entered the Time of Blood . |
| 9 | Isabel wondered when fitzAlan had found the time to pack up the garments . |
| 10 | For Julie Crew what should be a time of joy has become a time of pain and misery . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Hugo Brassard confirmed with obvious reluctance that Georgina Newley had lost no time in taking control of her husband 's business after his disappearance . |
| 13 | Kopyion 's refusal to answer any of his previous questions had irritated the Time Lord . |
| 14 | The man 's wife had wasted no time going through his closets picking up worn and odd pairs . |
| 15 | He added , ‘ I also hear that Earl Siward has lost no time in equipping all his churches of St Cuthbert with four stout walls , a ditch , and a garrison . |
| 16 | Before the visitor has had the time to see the baptistery ruins , the plaques or the crucifix he will have spent time near the door . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They are the only two post-war premiers to have had no time for the black arts of political news management and personal public relations . |
| 19 | He had already heard Osvaldo was dead — the malais had wasted no time in letting that he known — but the circumstances had been different . |
| 20 | It 's only in the last ten or twenty years that people have had the time or the money to have hobbies , especially to do with music or painting . |
| 21 | Prime Minister Jan Olszewski said that his newly-formed government had had no time to prepare its own budget , and asked parliament " with a heavy heart and a true sense of responsibility " to accept the measures before it . |
| 22 | A COMPUTER system introduced by Japan 's Ministry of Health has cut the time taken to match a kidney donor with the most suitable recipient from several hours to three minutes . |
| 23 | Professional photographer Darron Hartas of York has devised a time management diary system exclusively for use by photographers . |
| 24 | Otherwise the men had passed the time reading and keeping an eye out for aircraft . |
| 25 | Fleury turned away , sickened , for Chloe had wasted no time in bounding forward to eat away the sepoy 's face . |
| 26 | ‘ We have had a few of our delivery men have missed the time by just two or three minutes but as people get used to it things should improve , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 27 | With more than 30 different sightings of mink in a recent five hour match at Kidsgrove and Scholar Green , anglers have agreed the time is right to remove the killers |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Martinho had lost no time in recounting the true details of Osvaldo 's moment of weakness , the point at which he 'd flipped his lid for the first and last time in his career , that murderous aberration which had been the doom of old friend and new foe alike . |
| 30 | ULSTER 'S richest residents have wasted no time perusing the most expensive house ever to go on the market here . |