Example sentences of "she [verb] no time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew where she was going , and she wasted no time in getting there . |
| 2 | Facing him , she wasted no time , the words pouring forth just as he drew a reluctant breath before speech . |
| 3 | She wastes no time . |
| 4 | But she had no time and could not rest : she still had places to visit . |
| 5 | She could have cried , but she had no time to dwell on her disappointment , for suddenly a harsh voice hailed her from below . |
| 6 | As luck would have it , she had no time to build up her fears again , for her labour pains started that very night . |
| 7 | He looked down at her , his face tightening and then , so suddenly that she had no time to read his intentions , he pulled her to him . |
| 8 | Margaret , Louis IX 's queen , was the sister of Eleanor , queen of England , and maintained the closest connection with both Henry III and Edward I. In January 1262 , for instance , one of Henry III 's proctors at Paris , Pierre de Limoges , wrote to Walter de Merton , chancellor of England , to tell him that Queen Margaret was so occupied in the business of negotiations that she had no time to write to him . |
| 9 | She had no time to aim and fired off four shots in rapid succession . |
| 10 | She had no time for any of them . |
| 11 | But she had no time for resurrecting memories , not if she was going to fulfil the promise Friend had built in her . |
| 12 | Checking and rechecking her figures , she had no time to give in to the promptings of the irrational . |
| 13 | Fortunately she had no time to find the answer , as Mr Pumblechook was calling for a hot rum to remove the taste of the medicine . |
| 14 | The ‘ it ’ was presumably the wound rather than the child , but the woman was upset that she had no time to ask if her child would be all right . |
| 15 | It seemed insanely silly to Lydia that she should be standing in her own kitchen flanked by two women for whom she had no time . |
| 16 | Sam said , ‘ Morning , ’ but Camille glanced at him haughtily and looked away : she considered that she had no time for the working classes , although her mother 's best friend had been brought up here in the olden days before the supermarkets and the middle class had come to compete for space . |
| 17 | She said she had no time but gave way at his offer of an iced orange juice . |
| 18 | She had no time to consider the difference . |
| 19 | She had no time for further reflection as he marched her smartly out of the hotel and back to the car . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | What Margaret had n't known were the twin reasons for her decision to immerse herself in work : her need to occupy each waking moment with creative thought so that she had no time to dwell on Marcus 's sudden vitriolic departure from her life , and the struggle for economic survival which was facing the advertising agency where she was employed . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She refused to let him drive , and she had no time — no inclination ? — for making love with him . |
| 24 | Luke moved so fast that she had no time to back away as he turned her into his arms and held her to him , so close that she could feel the hard outline of his thighs through the damp towel , the heavy steady beat of his heart against her breast . |
| 25 | She had no time to dwell on the unhappiness of two people of whom she had grown fond , however , for just then her phone rang again . |
| 26 | She had no time to dwell on the matter , however , because , ever a man with no time for prevarication , he replied , ‘ Not trying to trip you up at all , ’ then grated bluntly , ‘ More trying to discover just how many ‘ close ’ men friends you do have . ’ |
| 27 | Maybe she had better start planning relentlessly to fill her spare moments so she had no time to think . |
| 28 | She had no time to spare for embarrassment , due to shoes totally unsuitable for climbing down a cliff path . |
| 29 | She had no time for idle gossip as she had to do all the work herself . |