Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] no time [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I 've no time to waste on Matilda 's beauty or lack of it , ’ he said shortly after a moment .
2 I 've no time to argue with you , ’ said Connor .
3 I 've no time to argue , ’ he snapped .
4 I have no time to waste , ’ the girl retorts in contempt .
5 I have no time to waste . ’
6 Now I have a salaried job instead of running the home I have no time to do the shopping , take the car to the garage or wait in for service engineers of various sorts .
7 I have no time to spend here in waiting , ’ said Herluin .
8 It is not perfect but I have no time to edit it further .
9 I have no time to work , I 'm far too busy . ’
10 Colour is best added during study ; during lectures you have no time to decide on relative importance , so do not underline anything in pen or pencil .
11 If , on the other hand , you have no time left for the doubtful part of the question , declare your doubt whether the question was intended to have any further scope , and leave it there .
12 In this case you have no time to check which rod you are striking with and it could lose you fish if you strike too hard with the stiffer rod and break off , or too gently with the softer rod and fail to sink the hook .
13 ( c ) In addition , there are so many visitors that you have no time to question them all .
14 WHY do TV companies feed us recycled rubbish for 50 weeks a year then put on all the good programmes at Christmas when we have no time to watch the box ?
15 We have no time to entertain strangers at the moment . ’
16 Admittedly , we have no time to learn every instrument , but it is certainly possible to get to know the workings of one each of the string , woodwind , and brass groups .
17 The Enemy is upon us and we have no time to organise ourselves into battalions and ordered companies .
18 We have no time to read newspapers , books , go to the cinema or theatre .
19 Mind , I 'm not bothered but if you get them little'uns they last no time do they ?
20 Most ‘ organisers ’ swan in at eight-thirty looking important , only to discover there 's a big hitch and they have no time to put it right .
21 The common tendency of all of these people is to be so concerned with manipulating others to meet their needs that they have no time to minister to their partner 's needs .
22 It is all too easy for senior executives , especially in times of great pressure on business , to say that they have no time to devote to such activities for the community .
23 They reason that while Iran and Iraq are fighting each other they have no time to look for adventures elsewhere in the region . ’
24 But he added : ‘ If , however , it means that managers are so distracted discussing the process of privatisation that they have no time left to manage , then that would be a most unhappy state of affairs . ’
25 Giving them work to do or organised games — so that they have no time to stand and stare … but we must help them to see , to look , to observe .
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