Example sentences of "in [art] [noun sg] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They left in the utility a short time after darkness had fallen , and although little was said as they drove along the narrow , rough country road , Lucy felt that the silences between them were companionable . |
| 2 | I made it from old aluminium tent-poles , some of which I had found in the attic a long time previously and some I had got from the town dump . |
| 3 | The lamb he was after he saw now was a black and white one that had been sickly and Jack had kept in the lambing-shed a long time . |
| 4 | Jefferson has been in the business a long time and is no fool , is he ? ’ |
| 5 | He 's been in the business a long time but believe it or not this is the first time he 's been inside for over twenty years . |
| 6 | It had been suggested that the Regulations did not apply if a business purchaser arranged with the buyer to sack employees in the business a short time before it was sold . |
| 7 | I usually do this as little as possible so that the children stay in the game a long time . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been in the game a long time and you do n't last forever . |