Example sentences of "lost [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob Stokes , who was coach of the side when they last won the trophy ( under the guise of Whitburn ) has since been to the final on six occasions ( with Whitburn and Team Scottish Farm ) and lost every time . |
| 2 | We never rebutted those charges and we lost every time . |
| 3 | Most of the architectural establishment were outraged , and lost no time in condemning the Prince . |
| 4 | Mrs Pyg lost no time in reappearing , her bulk accentuated by an excessively wide-shouldered coat . |
| 5 | So Jane 's tenant , Alan , was an immigrant from the Home Counties , but like Les Nouveaux ( who were locals , though originally non-horsey ) he lost no time in countryfying himself . |
| 6 | When he returned to the States , Mueller lost no time in carrying out Cocello 's instructions to direct the phase-out of UK vehicle operations from Detroit , and to prepare detail plans to centralise European and world planning activities . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | If he had not so perceived it , the Tsar lost no time in pointing it out , for on each subsequent occasion when an attempt was made by Paris to draw closer to St Petersburg the Russians raised the question of the Black Sea Clauses . |
| 9 | Diego Ordonez lost no time in accusing El Cid of seeking to further his own ends by laying claim to Toledo , something which Rodrigo never appears to have intended . |
| 10 | Spanish Christendom thus enjoyed a respite and Alfonso lost no time in consolidating his battered forces . |
| 11 | He lost no time in becoming familiar with each member of the household , treating each one differently . |
| 12 | With Coleman gone , the practitioners lost no time in taking the initiative . |
| 13 | They lost no time in petitioning the Home Secretary ‘ complaining that their privileges had been infringed upon by the Charter granted to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and praying for relief ’ . |
| 14 | Being undersold out there in Jamaica was to be only one of William Charles 's problems as time went by : after a period of increasing success as a linen draper and mercer , he was eventually beset by financial problems , occasioning a move northwards from Bishopsgate to Finsbury Place , Finsbury Square ( on the corner of Chiswell Street ) , together with a reproof from William Jowett , who lost no time in admonishing his cousin in a letter to Richard Titford from Jamaica , dated 28 April 1806 : |
| 15 | The Disciplinary Committee lost no time in expanding its reports of hearings , issuing for the first time details of the chairman 's comments in the case of Michael Jordan , senior partner of Cork Gully , and Richard Stone , head of corporate finance at Coopers & Lybrand , who were found guilty last year of accepting the appointment of administrator to Polly Peck in spite of a continuing professional interest between PPI and C&L . |
| 16 | But once the first of these did arrive , Edward Plantagenet lost no time in testing their quality . |
| 17 | Meehan lost no time in seeking him out and asking him if what he had heard was true . |
| 18 | Once on the island he lost no time getting to the prison , and within the hour was waiting in the ante-chamber to an interview room , listening to the distant , hollow sound of metal ringing on metal , and footsteps echoing morbidly as men exercised and moved about their token business . |
| 19 | Louise lost no time in telling Constance that she did not need to return to Northumberland . |
| 20 | The Orc army therefore lost no time in its usual pillaging , but launched straight into its attack . |
| 21 | That clinched it ; the Public Assistance Committee lost no time in recommending that Bedford should go to the minister and be incorporated in the NHS . |
| 22 | Taking a pint of milk from the fridge , and a few slices of fresh bread , I lost no time in getting ‘ Starna ’ under way . |
| 23 | After planting a flag on the summit and taking photographs in bright sunshine , Ms Stephens — who only took up mountaineering four years ago — lost no time in getting off the peak as the weather closed in . |
| 24 | Like the Bishop of Durham more recently , Nestorius lost no time in making his position clear . |
| 25 | Always more interested in obtaining results than in political theorizing , the new Home Secretary , in his first Cabinet post ( one that he coveted ) lost no time in setting his stamp on a Department that had become accident prone . |
| 26 | Murdock lost no time in setting out for London to take out a patent for his model . |
| 27 | He lost no time : his report was completed by the end of the month , and early in April they met to consider the Report and its Recommendation . |
| 28 | He lost no time in stamping his mark on the School : in his first report to the Governors he noted that |
| 29 | Finding herself back in the Imaginary Universes Laboratory , Gedanken lost no time in looking down the microscope again . |
| 30 | On that occasion we lost no time in speeding over to the courts , finding a judge , and obtaining an injunction almost at once . |