Question

The man tried to escape from the burning car, but there was _____ time

Answer 1

The answer to the following question is ‘no’.

This is because with the word ‘but’ that is suggesting negative possibility, no is the only possible option that can be filled here in the blank.

 Besides this option, another group of words that could have been placed here is ‘hardly any’ but then the sentence would have been incomplete.

Thus, the correct sentence is The man tried to escape from the burning car, but there was NO time.