Example sentences of "[be] in a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're in a quiet time at the moment , Leon . |
| 2 | Why she was here , she could n't imagine ; but her head was clearer than it had been in a long time , which meant that she must have gone for some hours without any kind of an injection . |
| 3 | She had no wish to hurt Anna and besides , how could she complain when the truth was that she was happier here at the palazzo than she 'd been in a long time ? |
| 4 | ‘ Yeah , and she 's been in a few times since . |
| 5 | Oliver Goldsmith , in his Natural History , described the effects of sleep loss thus : But man is more feeble ; he requires its due return ; and if it fails to pay the accustomed visit , his whole frame is in a short time thrown into disorder ; his appetite ceases ; his spirits are dejected ; his pulse becomes quicker and harder ; and his mind , abridged of its slumbering visions , begins to adopt waking dreams . |