Sentence examples for lost time to from inspiring English sources

Idiom

No time to lose.

If there's no time to lose, then it's time to get started otherwise it won't be finished on time.

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First there was a chance to make up for some lost time, to boo the enemies.

Lance Armstrong, in his final Tour, lost time to the overall leader for the third day in a row.

Mentions of Willie Mays or Ted Williams are often accompanied by the caveat that they lost time to war.

She leaves in a great hurry, as if there was a lot of lost time to be made up.

But he differed with the pitching coach, Rick Peterson; lost time to reconstructive elbow surgery; and struggled to regain his velocity.

The hurdles are likely to go beyond the occasional flat tire: During his journey, Mr. Cox lost time to dysentery in India and Libya and sandstorms in Tunisia.

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You don't ever want to lose time to anyone".

"The most important thing for me today was to not lose time to Andy," Contador said.

Armstrong, the seven-time Tour winner, went to 18th from 5th, losing time to his top rivals.

"I hate the idea of people losing time to my music, or listening to some empty thing".

The problem, clearly, was that the race leader might lose time to two of his key rivals, Vincenzo Nibali and Jurgen Van Den Broeck.

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