Example sentences of "[adv] in [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I 've come home in rather a hurry , because I 've decided to go to Brazil . ’
2 He 'll be able to return to his Florida oceanside home in just a couple of hours .
3 The operation had apparently been quite straightforward ; Kirsty was home in under a week and back at work after a month , with no obvious after-effects .
4 ‘ I anticipate that my husband will be home in about an hour . ’
5 I , I , I was lucky in the three ground I went too the worst that ever happened to me was I was put head first into a dustbin , but luckily it had been emptied it was still well mucky , but I just fucking went and had a shower , and I come out of the shower and I 'd got pounced upon again and I was there , it must of been a funny site , there 's me right in just a pair of fucking deck chairs that we used to wear for the , the shower block right , fucking shaving , er like the wash kit bag in my right hand and I was holding me fucking towel round , round me waist with me left , I was streaking across the play ground , going as fast as I could
6 But the first comprehensive monograph on Keith Haring , edited by Germano Celant ( DM78 ) , as well as Andreas Franzke 's big up-to-date monograph on Antoni Tapies ( DM168 ) , and the complete catalogue of the nearly 200 works by Picasso in Picasso in the Ludwig collection ( Picasso — Die Sammlung Ludwig , DM108 ) all come out simultaneously in both a German and an English edition .
7 And as your career prospects have changed so dramatically in just a year , I 'd say your girlfriend was probably justified in feeling you left her for no good reason .
8 We got here in just an hour and five minutes .
9 At worst she would be out of here in only a day or two .
10 Caitlin will be here in about an hour .
11 Grandma 's be around here in about an hour .
12 Rasbora maculata can be housed then in either a community environment , or on their own — an ideal size of aquarium being three or four feet , depending on the number of fish that are kept .
13 Kenny just stands there in just a suede jacket on .
14 ‘ The train from Castlebar is due there in about an hour .
15 ‘ We 'll be there in about an hour or so , ’ Guido told her , as Ronni sat by his side stiffly , staring out the window .
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