Example sentences of "[verb] in [adj] the [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our descent was made in one-fifth the time it had taken us to climb to our record-breaking altitude . |
| 2 | Escaping from under the pillow on the bed was the hem of a caftan , the soft kind he 'd slept in all the time I 'd known him . |
| 3 | Even though he 's calm and affable , he 's chain-smoked throughout the interview , and hardly smoked in all the time we 've spent together prior to it . |
| 4 | With no revenue , many magazines cut down on their pages but we are glad to say that the Ski Club of Great Britain , who publish Ski survey backed us to produce the usual number of editorial pages , so we could fit in all the information you need as committed skiers . |
| 5 | Finally , when he has taken in all the information he can assimilate , after a dramatic ‘ I will go ’ or after waking one morning knowing that the problem has solved itself in his sleep , he applies for his visa , resigns his job , packs his bags . |
| 6 | Yes , yes , oh yes I 've well you know the fires on that I had in all the winter I 'm going to get on that today . |
| 7 | The four system units will be organised around products — mainframe computers , mid-range , self-service terminal systems and application software , and is intended significantly to cut the time it takes for products to get to market — the aim is to cut in half the time it takes to develop products and bring them to the market . |