Example sentences of "n't been time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has n't been time , ’ she said . |
| 2 | There simply has n't been time for the body to clear the first lot before it 's topped up with a second dose of alcohol . |
| 3 | There had n't been time , on Heaven , for the two women to get to know each other . |
| 4 | I would have sworn there had n't been time for you to make any kind of progress since last night . |
| 5 | ‘ I have written to Joe about it , ’ Maureen said , ‘ but there has n't been time for a reply yet . ’ |
| 6 | I think he was an amateur who either thought he 'd succeeded or else was so nervous about what he was doing that he left knowing there had n't been time to kill you . ’ |
| 7 | There had n't been time to get Maxim 's name on the usual notice of forthcoming visitors to the embassy ; she had been signalled by the Security Service who shared the Steering Committee 's deep distrust of the visit and wanted her to debrief him after his meeting . |
| 8 | There had n't been time on the way up to ask him what the results of the tests had been or what the union had consequently decided . |