Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] little time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wasted little time in starting to eat , her quick brain turning over alternative scenarios as she debated whether to show herself to the Carlisle Flint team , or disappear quietly to her room . |
| 2 | He wasted little time in finding a replacement , choosing the widowed Mary of Guise . |
| 3 | Once free of these troubles he wasted little time in turning his attention to England . |
| 4 | True , there was Crown prince Tupouto'a waiting in the wings , but he spent little time in Tonga and had a reputation as a playboy — a Farouk-like figure given to white suits and expensive lady friends . |
| 5 | When his friends the Barberini were obliged for political reasons to leave Rome in 1644 and settled in Paris he lost little time in entertaining them and the French Court with Italian operas . |