Example sentences of "[pron] in a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have n't seen you in a long time . ’ |
| 2 | I have n't seen you in a long time . |
| 3 | What gives you this impression ? 6 The teacher set them to do something in a short time . |
| 4 | Mr John Rennilson , the county planning officer , said : ‘ Unless we can achieve something in a short time the inevitable will happen on March 31 . ’ |
| 5 | Devised by the University of Minnesota , it is a way of short cutting the routes through Internet which can also take advantage of using other host computers which are less busy ( e.g. one in a different time zone ) . |
| 6 | They made another turn , and another , bringing them in a short time to Southwark Bridge . |
| 7 | And we 're doing it in a second time . |
| 8 | so he sold it in a wrong time he could have , he could have hold on to it another few months and got a lot of money for it |
| 9 | Social workers should always have as clear a plan as possible for the child , and implement it in a shorter time than normal . |
| 10 | She had n't felt so pleased by anything in a long time . |