Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] no time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ( c ) In addition , there are so many visitors that you have no time to question them all . |
| 7 | Maybe she had better start planning relentlessly to fill her spare moments so she had no time to think . |
| 8 | For instance , there was poor communication with mothers in the weighing room because the nurses were so occupied with the recording of weights that they took no time to explain these to the mothers . |
| 9 | It is all too easy for senior executives , especially in times of great pressure on business , to say that they have no time to devote to such activities for the community . |
| 10 | The common tendency of all of these people is to be so concerned with manipulating others to meet their needs that they have no time to minister to their partner 's needs . |
| 11 | But he added : ‘ If , however , it means that managers are so distracted discussing the process of privatisation that they have no time left to manage , then that would be a most unhappy state of affairs . ’ |
| 12 | Giving them work to do or organised games — so that they have no time to stand and stare … but we must help them to see , to look , to observe . |
| 13 | Then he pulled her to him , and kissed her and this time stayed kissing her , and when she did not struggle , he pressed on , and went down to the ground with her and months of longing for her flooded him almost instantly , so that he had no time to swing with her long , cool firmness as he had dreamed of so often , but the instant release in contact with her swept away all his turbulence . |
| 14 | It struck Nutty that he had no time to take cars for joy-rides any longer , content to flake out in the thick straw in a corner of Firelight 's box after evenings of running and riding and swimming . |
| 15 | Lozano had claimed that the motorcycle was aimed at him , and that he had no time to leap out of the way . |
| 16 | Lozano had claimed that the motorcycle was aimed at him , and that he had no time to leap out of the way . |
| 17 | Recognizing that he had no time to position his own gun , Howard ducked down , the enemy gun already beginning to flare at one end . |
| 18 | Wolfgang replied indignantly that he had no time to write because he was so busy : he got up at six , had his hair dressed , and then composed until nine , after which he gave lessons until lunchtime . |
| 19 | ‘ He was sitting in the village street , and I had no time to stop and see to him . |
| 20 | This put all other thoughts to one side and I had no time to worry about the captain . |
| 21 | Emil , the crew and I wasted no time watching . |
| 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 | We followed the wall 160 ft , at which point it doubled its width and was continuing and we had no time to go further . |
| 24 | The Enemy is upon us and we have no time to organise ourselves into battalions and ordered companies . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |
| 28 | His wrists are in a cocked position and he has no time to release the clubhead with any force . |
| 29 | But I had no time to reply because just then the door opened and there stood the old lady in her black lace dress . |
| 30 | Ellen offered me a poisonous smile , but I had no time to worry about her distaste for the militaristic para-medic . |