Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [vb pp] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Isabel wondered when fitzAlan had found the time to pack up the garments .
3 The man 's wife had wasted no time going through his closets picking up worn and odd pairs .
4 He had already heard Osvaldo was dead — the malais had wasted no time in letting that he known — but the circumstances had been different .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 His mother had had no time for him , and his father disapproved of him .
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