Example sentences of "was n't time " in BNC.
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| 1 | What with the doctor going straight out and the deceased going down to the kitchen to thank both staff for a very good meal there was n't time — even if she took it herself , which is unlikely from all I hear . ’ |
| 2 | Malcolm Muggeridge asked whether it was n't time for the monarchy to engage professional public relations consultants , ‘ in place of the rather ludicrous courtiers who now function as such . ’ |
| 3 | For example , Jenny wanted to go to the park , but her father said there was n't time before tea . |
| 4 | ‘ There was n't time , ’ Harriet had said , kissing her . |
| 5 | ‘ But I do n't know where I 'm heading most of the time and there just was n't time to be together . |
| 6 | There was n't time to find a sandhole and hide . |
| 7 | It still was n't time to let them come and go as they pleased . |
| 8 | The remaining void shields were doing their best to bleed hostile energies away as heat , but there was n't time for it to radiate away . |
| 9 | There certainly was n't time for thought just now , and had there been I 'd probably have been sick . ’ |
| 10 | Aubrey wanted to drive over to see Maythorpe House but there was n't time . |
| 11 | Helen said , ‘ It was n't time for him to be home yet . ’ |
| 12 | It was n't time , it was n't even a distant clock . |
| 13 | There simply was n't time for lunch and she worked straight through . |
| 14 | There was n't time to argue about it . ’ |
| 15 | Right now there simply was n't time . |
| 16 | We were so rushed there was n't time . |
| 17 | I had n't had any kind of pain relief — well , there was n't time ! — but the pain , although very intense , was only for a short time , so it was easy for me to bear . |
| 18 | ‘ I was going to take a reading , but there was n't time . |
| 19 | There was n't time to edge away or even think as his mouth possessed her and his hands moved on her body , caressing it beneath the soft folds of her cotton top . |
| 20 | Something knocked his hat over his face , he pushed at the peak , saw the grey 's hindquarters lift elegantly over the gate and out into the light , felt Conker steadying and kicked him on swiftly because there was n't time to stop , he swung his hand back and hit the pony who lifted suddenly , landing with a jolt that made him grunt with effort . |
| 21 | And anyway , there was n't time to talk . |
| 22 | There was n't time to read anything then , so I nipped back to my flat and found a Virgin Records plastic bag to hide them in . |
| 23 | This time there was n't time to go round and do that . |
| 24 | There was n't time for more . |
| 25 | There was n't time to report the bike to the security staff before hand over . |
| 26 | There just was n't time for a school visit . |
| 27 | So there was n't time to ask if the best known tale of the Labeques in Madrid was true . |
| 28 | Well I tried to tidy it up before we went to school and they were flinging it all out again and there just was n't time ! |
| 29 | My mother said erm Christmas Eve was n't time and a half , it was an ordinary night . |
| 30 | Now , I appreciate my , there was n't time to overrule really but in this incidence do you wish to speak but if that point can be made so that it for future debate we know it . |