Example sentences of "[vb past] been no time " in BNC.
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| 1 | While studying spinning in Huddersfield ( as part of her degree course in textile design at Middlesex Polytechnic ) there had been no time for her to try out the machine , so the then sceptical technician told her to come back later . |
| 2 | There had been no time to attempt to flee , or even to struggle ; hundreds simply died in their tracks . |
| 3 | Going to sleep or opening a book : an old garden , a childish fear , a face seen casually and quickly forgotten , would take possession of my mind as if there had been no time between . |
| 4 | That there had been no time to prepare for a gradual hand-over of power , to make plans for social , political , economic and military integration , only made things worse . |
| 5 | As there had been no time for it to be considered , the hearing was adjourned until November 1990 . |
| 6 | But tonight there had been no time to get the cheese or sardines or cold ham that made his evening meal ; Sean never liked to cook in his bedsit above the premises of Hogan 's lest the smell of food linger and be deemed offensive . |
| 7 | There had been no time for a cup of coffee and she 'd eaten nothing the night before , going straight to her cabin . |
| 8 | In the rush of their departure , there had been no time to buy her a new one . |
| 9 | For he could not have had to look far for whatever it might be , there had been no time for that . |
| 10 | It was first love — there had been no time for earlier romance because Nicandra was only eight on April 8th 1904 . |
| 11 | There had been no time to set about her hair , or her blue-white face , only enough time to make a delicious picnic and pack its basket into the boot of the car . |