lose no time
Example Sentences
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A government insider commented: "We take these allegations very seriously and, should they turn out to be true, we'll lose no time in sacking Baroness Warsi."
From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2012
It read: "This should not have happened and I want to lose no time in offering an unreserved apology."
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2010
Come actual cancellation, Studebaker will simply send in its check, move the materials aside so as to lose no time shifting to auto production.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The days of national self-sufficiency have gone, and I hope that we shall lose no time in matching our policies to these facts," declared Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
From Time Magazine Archive
We asked for a sign from heaven, and the sign came to cut across the open sea to Euboia, and lose no time putting our ills behind us.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
