Example sentences of "[vb past] have no time [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 She 'd had no time to examine her reaction to this revelation any further , however , for he had proceeded to cut across her thoughts .
2 He had left suddenly while Rachel had been on leave and on her return she 'd been told that another officer had been appointed but she 'd had no time to find out anything about him .
3 I 'd been so busy I 'd had no time to think .
4 He had had no time to confer with his client and only twelve hours to study the charges .
5 The chairman was clearly annoyed at Maradona 's claim that he had had no time to notify him on Monday before returning to Argentina for the friendly against Denmark .
6 He had had no time to acquaint himself with his fief , twice seen , and well enough served by its own .
7 The author recalls an able Treasury minister who , after resignation , became a convinced and cogent parliamentary reformer , explaining that as a minister he had had no time to work out this aspect of policy and therefore , since the Treasury was opposed to more specialist committees of the House of Commons , he used the brief they provided and he had been a formidable opponent of these reforms at the Cabinet Committee level .
8 He had only been in the cellar for about one minute when the ghost appeared and he had had no time to doze .
9 Prime Minister Jan Olszewski said that his newly-formed government had had no time to prepare its own budget , and asked parliament " with a heavy heart and a true sense of responsibility " to accept the measures before it .
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