Example sentences of "in [adj] [adj] time [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | How he disciplined himself to make ends meet in that difficult time he explained in his book What To Do When Someone Has Debt Problems , A Practical Survival Guide ( 1985 ) , in the Introduction to which he wrote : |
| 2 | It is only three years since she took up painting dogs as a profession , but in that short time she has been kept constantly in work . |
| 3 | In these difficult times it makes sense to look again at this post . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know much about etiquette back there in the shtetl , but even in these decadent times we do n't feel a gun in the back is just a snappy way to say ‘ please ’ . ’ |
| 5 | IN THESE TOUGH TIMES we need all the influence we can get ! |
| 6 | In all that time we have actually had two people say yes I would like to cancel , of all the policies that we 've actually issues . |
| 7 | And in all that time she 'd never heard from Jez , nor even from her parents . |
| 8 | They threw us out at four o'clock and in all that time I had n't said a word , just listened . |
| 9 | Working day at least in all that time I had entered or come out from that building and its reality had gone for me . |
| 10 | But in all that time I 've never been completely sober . ’ |
| 11 | I 've supported Leeds since I was 5 and in all that time I 've never once wished Leeds would lose a game , ever . |
| 12 | ‘ Not only have I been separated from my wife for the past five years — but in all that time I 've only once managed to make love to her . |
| 13 | I have been using pastels for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 14 | I have been using pasters for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 15 | I have been keeping tropical fish for around 20 years and in all that time I have always had not just one , but a number of aquaria . |
| 16 | In all this time it has only ever had three owners . |
| 17 | In those hard times she turned to the god in the village where she lived , and that god stood by her . |