Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] no time " in BNC.

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1 This put all other thoughts to one side and I had no time to worry about the captain .
2 ‘ He was sitting in the village street , and I had no time to stop and see to him .
3 Emil , the crew and I wasted no time watching .
4 ‘ It is leap year and I lost no time in popping the question as I think he is the right man to lead Claro and Grindlewood Park into the twenty-first century . ’
5 I get home and I have no time to myself .
6 I 'm studying for an important examination and I have no time for horrors or mysteries . ’
7 She knew where she was going , and she wasted no time in getting there .
8 But before she could finish his mouth had covered hers and she had no time to analyse the consequences or curse herself for being so weak .
9 She refused to let him drive , and she had no time — no inclination ? — for making love with him .
10 We followed the wall 160 ft , at which point it doubled its width and was continuing and we had no time to go further .
11 The Enemy is upon us and we have no time to organise ourselves into battalions and ordered companies .
12 Some said they had no listed buildings at risk at all , others that there were so many their hands were full and they had no time to reply .
13 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 .
14 They are committed to abolishing city technology schools , grammar schools and the assisted places scheme , and they have no time for parental choice .
15 ‘ I do n't want to leave Ana , ’ she confessed quietly and he had no time to do anything other than look at her intently because Ana walked in at that moment , looking bright and determined .
16 His thoughts often centred on the foot of the horse , and he wasted no time in his introductory lecture before remarking on the correlation of structure and function that was exhibited by the frog of the foot .
17 Then brother Jack strolled in and he wasted no time in chatting them up .
18 His wrists are in a cocked position and he has no time to release the clubhead with any force .
19 I help her to do this , and it takes no time at all .
20 The hours flew by and it seemed no time at all until she was back on the train , reliving every moment as she travelled home .
21 The hour winged past and it seemed no time at all before I was back on the top road waiting in the gathering darkness for the Scarborough bus .
22 Ellen offered me a poisonous smile , but I had no time to worry about her distaste for the militaristic para-medic .
23 But I had no time to reply because just then the door opened and there stood the old lady in her black lace dress .
24 But I had no time for that sort of dalliance .
25 It is not perfect but I have no time to edit it further .
26 But she had no time and could not rest : she still had places to visit .
27 She could have cried , but she had no time to dwell on her disappointment , for suddenly a harsh voice hailed her from below .
28 But she had no time for resurrecting memories , not if she was going to fulfil the promise Friend had built in her .
29 She fought free , but she had no time to tell him just what she thought of a man who would play one sister against the other before Dana was in the room .
30 There was something bookish and appealing about the old lady , but we had no time to get acquainted , for brisk Mary pointed me on my way .
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