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

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1 The speed and urgency of cartoon action leave no time for reflection .
2 I knew that if I did not act , things were set so that we would be annihilated with no time for questions or replies .
3 Now it did not even strike her as odd or ungracious that Jenny , after their long separation , should have no time for questions or interest about her sojourn in America or her journey home , and that she could not control her own unhappiness for the sake of welcoming back her sister .
4 Briefly his gaze rested on Rachel and she saw the flicker of uncertainty in his eyes but there was no time for questions .
5 Had n't he admitted it — that he had no time for love ?
6 I had no time for friends , relaxation or pleasure .
7 There had been almost no time for friends , let alone parties , outings or boyfriends .
8 Despite the enormous praise for the concert there is no time for rest for the performers — rehearsals for the Eggars summer concert are already underway .
9 With the economy in the doldrums and the Pound struggling to keep its head above water , it was no time for Terry to splash out a couple of hundred quid beside the seaside .
10 He has no time for players who are not totally honest with him or with their approach to the game .
11 I 'm studying for an important examination and I have no time for horrors or mysteries . ’
12 Though when we came on their car , somewhere on the long , dirt road to Tinerhir , there was no time for surprise .
13 They have no time for self-congratulation on their narrow escape .
14 THIS IS NO TIME FOR SEDIMENT !
15 You leave no time for wonder
16 Sadly , we had no time for Red Square .
17 Moise , a businessman typical of Le Sentier 's clothing industry entrepreneurs , has no time for criticism of his employment practices : ‘ Of course we employ workers in conditions outside the legal norms .
18 Now you just drive straight there and back , with no time for stories . ’
19 ‘ A time of historic change is no time for recklessness .
20 They thought he was an eccentric , a curmudgeon , a man with no time for humanity .
21 This was no time for doubt and despondency and moping in solars .
22 No time for respite , as , with the World Cup scarcely out of the way ( ticker-tape celebrations Down Under and all ) , thoughts turn to 1995 ( and , in this issue , South Africa the hosts — ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ ! ) and , more immediately , the start of a new International Championship .
23 There was no time for respite from the task at hand .
24 ‘ This is no time for jokes ! ’
25 It was n't just that Bernice had no time for women who made themselves look like that ; the other woman demanded attention .
26 He had no time for school sports and would rather interest himself in planning and building a village on the school grounds . ’
27 He has no time for wafflers . ’
28 As we have said , if your let-down procedure calls for a final descent rate of 800 ft/min , there is no time for trial and error .
29 No time for management
30 Schools have ‘ no time for management ’ ( Handy 1984 p. 18 ) .
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