Example sentences of "[verb] in [det] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pravda noted the heavy responsibilities that party papers had to accept in these difficult times , and charged that the Andreeva letter was in effect an attempt , ‘ little by little ’ , to reverse decisions the party had already taken . |
| 2 | Perhaps it would have been better to spout the usual platitudes about the skills of museum workers who have succeeded in these hard times in preserving and accumulating , acquiring and saving . |
| 3 | Together with the first harvest sheaf hanging beside the icon for its protective magic , these are reminders that our peasant lives in several cultural times simultaneously , one of them embedded deep in the pagan past , another in the religious present , a third focused on the trip she is about to take to the town of Roslavl' . |
| 4 | It was still not yet fully dark outside , and if she were to look out of the window , she would be able to see at once whether the outside world was part of her own world or whether it , too , was caught in this terrifying time slip . |
| 5 | RISLEY runners turned in some excellent times over the 26.2 mile course and the best of a valiant bunch was Mervin Ward from Internal Audit . |
| 6 | But getting the chemical into the tank is now done in much less time , says Mr Doig , and the 2,500-litre sprayer can be filled with water and the contents of nine or ten packs of typical wheat herbicide in less than 15 minutes . |
| 7 | ‘ We were rather brusque and offhand with her when she came in that first time , ’ Waterman remembered . |
| 8 | All this , of course , happened in much less time than it takes to explain . |
| 9 | However , bargains were to be had in this depressed time , with a Cessna 0–2A expected to sell in the $85–105,000 range actually being sold for $56,000 . |
| 10 | Alas , within 10 years there were too many locomotive builders for the small number of orders being produced in those depressed time . |
| 11 | 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 : |
| 12 | the real thing can be recognised by the incredible number of bites you get in such short time . |
| 13 | It was born in that self-confident time when other changes she had doggedly forced past party muttering had been rewarded by a step-change in productivity and relatively low inflation . |
| 14 | What 's a girl to do in these trying times ? |
| 15 | The plan for the evacuation to be in groups of three had to be abandoned , as it would have taken 40 hours to get all of the men out and the gas collecting near them made it imperative that the exercise be completed in much less time . |
| 16 | Comrade chair , comrade secretary general of the conference and the G M B and if I my say so , comrade delegates , and I should explain in these changing times the use of the word comrade . |
| 17 | Ten , almost eleven years , have passed and I have no notion as to what I was doing in all that time . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Aye , ‘ t is easy to believe in these woeful times . |
| 19 | Three presidents came and went in those turbulent times . |
| 20 | Ratagan had promised to quaff Bicker 's portion of ale for him , to make sure none was wasted in these frugal times . |
| 21 | He plans to write and will consult for Stanley Paul ; senior editor Marion Paull , who has worked with Mr Bloomfield for 20 years , will continue to manage the list , which Mr Bloomfield expects in these recessionary times to become ‘ more focused , particularly on its current strengths , the major sports — golf , cricket , rugby , football , horses , pets ’ . |
| 22 | The day 's missed training would have to be fitted in some other time . |
| 23 | And his pretty face has n't changed in all that time . |
| 24 | I asked Ray whether people 's fish-buying habits had changed in these hard times . |
| 25 | All I can say in these hectic times is thank goodness for Marks & Spencer 's prepared meals . |