Example sentences of "[pron] in [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Done in the Jamesian manner , Jim would doubtless find himself credited with psychological subtleties and complexities of which he is quite unaware ; but still one might hope that the writer would succeed in suggesting the highly distinctive flavour of his talk , his inimitable way of retailing a diverting anecdote leisurely and with a modicum of circumlocution , from which in due time the point of the story is sure to emerge . |
| 2 | My valet , Purvis , will find out which in due time . |
| 3 | At the time of the Crusades , Europe took comfort in the expectation that somewhere in the East there ruled a mighty Christian monarch , Known as Prester John , who in due time would march on Jerusalem , destroy the infidel and liberate the Holy Places . |
| 4 | Erm and then you went for a whole month which was , you could do something in that time . |
| 5 | something in that time ? |
| 6 | What 's the problem with sending one in each time ? |
| 7 | I had intended to emerge while Mr Cardinal was still a reasonable distance away , so that he would see me in good time and suppose I was on my way to the summerhouse , or perhaps to the gardener 's lodge . |
| 8 | He was fixed for me in this time , this pose . |
| 9 | What is new , according to DEC consultant engineer Lawrence Stewart , is that hardware now has the horse-power to drive them in real time . |
| 10 | What is new , according to DEC consultant engineer Lawrence Stewart , is that hardware now has the horse-power to drive them in real time . |
| 11 | ‘ Most of the er , dastardly Huns , I think you call them in this time period , seem to be up by the door to the General 's office which , according to Benny , is also a quicker route out . |
| 12 | Now unless we think that dreams can unravel very fast in the mind , much faster , and there is some evidence that that 's true actually , that dreams can in fact happen quicker than you could think of them in conscious time . |
| 13 | The old lady would n't reach him in that time ; but the assistant saw her swing her right arm forward , the hand clutching a furled umbrella by its ferrule. the crook of the umbrella hooked inside the front of the little boy 's blazer and hooked him like a fish from water out of the path of the skidding car . |
| 14 | Gunn continues , describing the feelings which thrilled him in that time now past . |
| 15 | I usually bump into him every so often on the stairs , in one of the upstairs rooms or in the garden , but I have not seen him in some time . |
| 16 | The journey to Liverpool Street station was just a trundle around the Northern Line from Camden to Moorgate and then a short walk , and I accomplished it in good time . |
| 17 | ‘ I expect I 'll come round to it in good time , ’ said Ellen . |
| 18 | I doubt if she could drive it in that time . |
| 19 | If they can not do it in that time they never will . |
| 20 | That it in that time |
| 21 | oh yeah the people , matey 's walking along and he 's going like this and he 's pulling it as he 's doing it , he says and he 's doing it in proper time like that , but with one arm going he 's twiddling it , he 's doing it , he says no my feet are exactly like that , very effective but you can actually get fined for loosing them , you have to pay for them and its like a real , shooting sticks as well , you do n't tend to carry erm , these pay sticks you carry them like the old shooting sticks , the old you know ? |
| 22 | And it 's not everybody 's job to do that , so ordinary people took the jobs as shunters and could be taught how to do it in short time , if they were average and er in good health . |
| 23 | Most of the schemes that are put in here are actually assessed by the area highway engineer and if you 've got particular schemes , especially ones that you know you 've talked about in the past , the best way of dealing with them is to speak to him directly and say , why is n't it in this time ? |
| 24 | Yeah but they 're , but they 're not they 're gon na do it in some time in June I think that 's the target . |
| 25 | Charlotte was counting the seconds until he should extricate himself , and he did it in less time than she had expected , and without even the pretence of sitting down with her . |
| 26 | And he could do it in less time . |
| 27 | How are they going to replace themselves in good time so that there will be a talent bank of experience , ready to lead ? |
| 28 | A mere description , that organisms stay the same for millions of years and then rapidly change , does not explain anything in this time of our rapidly growing understanding of genetic mechanisms . |
| 29 | Simply fill in the visit request form at the back of the prospectus and send it in to us in good time . |