Example sentences of "in [art] [adj] time he [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Only several weeks later , as she lay stifling in her cabin on a filthy steamer from Trebizond , did she reflect that the Kurd , in the whole time he had been with them , had executed Miss Fergusson 's commands with punctiliousness and honour ; further , that she had no means of knowing what had passed between the two of them that last night in the cave . |
2 | She was good fun to be with and easy to talk to , and in the short time he 'd known her she had shown a ready sense of humour . |
3 | In the short time he had been aboard , he had undressed . |
4 | In a short time he became disillusioned , not with the movement itself but with the P.N.M. leadership . |
5 | To quote the memoirs : ‘ … on Sunday the 4th August 1793 , after having finished the morning duty he always performed in person , of visiting , prescribing for , and superintending the dressing of the wounds of the horses in the infirmary , he sat down to continue his treatise on the outward conformation of the horse , a work he intended for publication : in a short time he informed Mrs. Vial that he felt himself extremely ill complaining of cold to a degree of shivering , attended with a violent headach [ sic ] , and great thirst . |