Example sentences of "in [adj] than a [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | In less than a fortnight it will be the third anniversary of his death . |
2 | In less than a year I would reach retirement age and I had nothing to fall back on . |
3 | As soon as Luce had been helped in and settled the gondolier plied his oar , and in less than a minute they were on the Grand Canal . |
4 | The engine leapt , shouted , and was tamed , and in less than a minute we had taken off from the little beach and were circling the island . |
5 | In less than a second it would tear a gap in the highway the width of the riverbed . |
6 | Colin French walked out of court this afternoon — flanked by police for his own protection — but in less than a month he could be behind bars . |