Example sentences of "did not waste time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not waste time there but headed downhill , taking the shepherds ' road that slanted luminous green between clusters of birches , their shadows stretching ahead like gawky giants so that the children jigged to make the shadows jump and curved their fingers from their heads to give the giants silhouettes like devils . |
| 2 | Doyle did not waste time smiling . |
| 3 | He apologized and explained , but she did not waste time in argument . |
| 4 | Nutty did not waste time . |
| 5 | But fortunately his present associates in the adult world , Biddy and Knacker Bean and Sergeant Potter , did not waste time questioning one 's motives like old Sylvester ; they just got on with the job in hand . |
| 6 | She did not waste time thinking it could be Oliver whose quiet movement she had sensed in the bedroom . |
| 7 | He did not waste time describing his route to the truth . |
| 8 | She met Bill coming back up the steps , and they did not waste time on speech . |
| 9 | Hodkinson , did not waste time searching out his French opponent . |
| 10 | He did n't waste time . |
| 11 | He did n't waste time on small talk . |
| 12 | And if you knew that pushing one particular thing was going to get you nowhere you did n't waste time going on pushing it , you left off and started pushing something else . |