Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] [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to libero , Michel from the right flank to central midfield , and giving the striker Emilio Butragueno a slightly withdrawn role .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 | The enemy have lost no time settling in and are now busy mortaring their former positions , causing the usual casualties . |
| 4 | This concept , brilliantly and amusingly elucidated in book of that name published the previous year by Professor C. Northcote Parkinson , stated : ‘ Work expands to fill the time available for its completion . ’ |
| 5 | Parkinson 's Law states that ‘ work expands to fill the time available ’ . |
| 6 | Cyril Northcote Parkinson , prolific author and inventor of Parkinson 's Law — which holds that all work expands to fill the time available for its completion — has died , aged 83 . |
| 7 | From the AIB point of view the exercise meant devoting the time and effort of a number of experienced personnel to activities that served no benefit to the Branch . |
| 8 | Isabel wondered when fitzAlan had found the time to pack up the garments . |
| 9 | For Julie Crew what should be a time of joy has become a time of pain and misery . |
| 10 | The staff at Inside Job like to take the time to help each customer select the appropriate style , fabric , carpet , wallpaper , paint , upholstery and any other soft furnishings that are needed . |
| 11 | Camcorders are rather power-hungry beasts and the average of forty minutes of recording time per charge seems to last no time at all when you are actually on a shoot — a spare battery can be a god-send . |
| 12 | Would the red weed affect the time machine ? |
| 13 | The man 's wife had wasted no time going through his closets picking up worn and odd pairs . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He had already heard Osvaldo was dead — the malais had wasted no time in letting that he known — but the circumstances had been different . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The man continues to read the Times and dust his suit . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Using workflow , one hardware manufacturer managed to cut the time taken to process an invoice from six weeks to three days . |
| 22 | Early studies suggested TV did reduce the time spent reading a paper . |
| 23 | The national executive 's consultation paper further warns that it would leave the party looking divided every time the two houses failed to agree . |
| 24 | One Christmas , Mother managed to find the time to make me a dolly , but only because I pestered . |
| 25 | Where a party seeks to extend a time limit imposed in the rules , he must apply for directions as above ( FPCR , r15(4) ; FPR , r4.15(1) ) . |
| 26 | His mother had had no time for him , and his father disapproved of him . |