Example sentences of "[pron] was no time for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 There was no time for him to get up the steps and past the door before it opened and deadly talons reached for him in the darkness .
2 There was no time for her to draw back , nor could she save herself .
3 There was no time for her cousins to answer .
4 There was no time for her sandwich , so she worked her way steadily through the next three cases .
5 I have raised the matter many times and while Ministers agreed that legislation was needed , they said that there was no time for it .
6 The work was interesting but not so demanding that there was no time for anything else .
7 It was no time for me to be getting weepy .
8 I doubted that , but it was no time for me to talk out of turn .
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