Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adv] [adv] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some children had received a laxative , and when given , it was either given in minimal dose or given for too short a time . |
| 2 | The new Act abolished the old method of arranging with creditors by a deed of composition , assignment or otherwise ‘ which has for so long a time disgraced our law ’ . |
| 3 | The government was unwilling to comply within so short a time , however , because it relied upon the rural vote , and farmers had demonstrated twice in 1989 against the level of agricultural imports . |
| 4 | William normally ate as if food were some sort of obstacle between him and the next vital task , an obstacle which had to be demolished in as short a time as possible . |
| 5 | Hazel , a Clerk in Private Trust and Taxation , Edinburgh , will fly to the USA in June — but she won ‘ t know her final destination or what type of work she will be doing until much nearer the time . |
| 6 | So much had happened in so short a time ; it was like a bad dream . |
| 7 | Too much had happened in too short a time . |
| 8 | ‘ You mean that when we divorce after as short a time as possible you 'll give me a lump sum ? ’ she enquired , her voice frigid . |
| 9 | How could she have possibly imagined how dramatically her feelings towards him would have changed in so short a time ? |