Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [adj] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He left us for a glamorous Frenchwoman and he never even sent me a card in all that time . ’ |
| 2 | Even so , two meagre sessions of firing practice in all that time were of little help in strengthening his nerve or stoking up his fighting spirit . |
| 3 | If Fen thought she had no other attachments , she 'd be off this boat in double quick time . |
| 4 | He was going to have this young Snodgrass off his committee in double quick time . |
| 5 | A little group of letters survived which affords insight into his attitude in this earlier time at Lincoln . |
| 6 | He is doing a physiotherapy degree in that spare time . |
| 7 | Even those who have fully accepted the thesis that all varieties of animal , including man , had a common origin in remote geological time have still managed to believe that a clear-cut distinction may be drawn between the culture of man and the mechanistic responses which we can observe in the interaction processes of other animals . |
| 8 | He described One journey to the source of the James River in 1738 in a letter to Collinson , ‘ … over and between the mountains in many very crooked turnings and windings ; in which I travelled 1,100 miles in five weeks , having rested but one day in all that time … |
| 9 | I have lived in Grey Street for over 30 years and we have never had a bus service in all that time , so when it was introduced last year everyone was delighted . |
| 10 | The only good news in all this time was that Boris Goldgather became one of its victims in 1115 , and news of his death helped to raise morale amongst the oppressed population . |
| 11 | When the balls go in the pocket in all that time |
| 12 | Only a small percentage of birds can be taken by this method in any one time since eventually they are disturbed and roost elsewhere . ’ |
| 13 | His writing in Nicaraguan New Time , a collection of material from both before and after the overthrow of Somoza , is quite unabashedly dedicated to his social and political concerns — and , unlike other Sandinista leaders , he is also an enthusiastic communist . |
| 14 | : the study of life in past geological time . |
| 15 | Rafferty , who had reached the turn in 33 first time round , went out in 32 in the afternoon by which stage he was two up . |
| 16 | Events there were taking much the same course as they had in Portugal , and as Mark had resolved that problem in double quick time , he was considered the best man to deal with this new problem situation . |
| 17 | Between the third and sixth hour , the relative increase in gastric emptying time under psyllium was between 10% and 20% ( p<0.05 ) . |
| 18 | It has meant we have been able to bring out this newsletter in double quick time . |