Example sentences of "was little time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Small wonder that there was little time or taste for theorizing about ideal forms of secondary education . |
| 2 | It may seem harsh to criticize the Labour government for its inner-urban Policy at the end of the 1970s — there was little time for the introduction of a comprehensive programme of action towards the cities before the political realities of the 1979 election . |
| 3 | There was little time for dalliance when we came out from Sunday School as I was expected to be home for tea at half-past four . |
| 4 | The pupils all began looking round at each other and Mildred knew there was little time before someone recognized her . |
| 5 | There was little time to stand admiring the view of this or that season when there was a big farm to run and a house and family to be looked after . |
| 6 | There was little time to reflect on the implications as Prince Charles had already asked her to Balmoral for the weekend of the Braemar Games early in September . |
| 7 | It was a miserable moment but there was little time to reflect on the tragedy . |
| 8 | The imperial preference aspect was important because it might arrest the trends pulling the Empire apart ; reciprocity had shown the danger and there was little time left to halt the slide . |
| 9 | There was little time left before his meeting with Merymose , so he did not return to his house , but took a circuitous route which would bring him to their rendezvous at the moment the sun touched the top of the western cliffs . |
| 10 | After the fall of France in June 1940 there was little time to think about the shape of the post-war world . |
| 11 | Over the next few days , as the rush to load the Broompark became more frantic , there was little time for anything except work . |
| 12 | There was little time for thinking as they progressed lower down this new valley . |