Example sentences of "he [verb] [art] time in [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then brother Jack strolled in and he wasted no time in chatting them up . |
| 2 | He wasted no time in looking round and it was only when he was backing the van to drive away that his face could be seen . |
| 3 | Certainly he wasted no time in calling up his reserves . |
| 4 | On returning to Vietnam , he wasted no time in spreading his knowledge , and when the Japanese invaded , he set up a guerrilla resistance force , the Viet Cong , to fight the invaders . |
| 5 | Having risen from Ukrainian coal mines through the party ranks as a tough and brutal Stalinist , once he achieved personal power he wasted no time in opening his mind to the ways of the rest of the world . |
| 6 | He lost no time in stamping his mark on the School : in his first report to the Governors he noted that |
| 7 | So , nine months ago , when he heard that a consortium was planning to launch Classic FM — Britain 's first radio station — he lost no time in trying to do business with him . |
| 8 | ‘ When you would not dine with me on Tuesday , I drove that evening to my parents in Plzeň , but had I known you would sound so pleased to hear me , I would have driven back sooner than last night , ’ he lost no time in taking advantage . |
| 9 | He lost no time in becoming familiar with each member of the household , treating each one differently . |
| 10 | So Jane 's tenant , Alan , was an immigrant from the Home Counties , but like Les Nouveaux ( who were locals , though originally non-horsey ) he lost no time in countryfying himself . |