Example sentences of "[coord] in the time [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | He just had time for a quick coffee ( it was now or never ) , and in the time I took to refill the kettle and put coffee into two clean mugs , I 'd told him . |
2 | And in the time it 's taken you to read this , it 's sold out . |
3 | There will be a few overcast or windless days when the batteries will not be adequately recharged and a traditional generator will have to be called upon , but in the time they are charging , wind generators and solar panels will easily pay for themselves in saved fuel costs . |
4 | Of course that is n't all that 's involved in doing physics , not at all — there are other aspects of actually having ideas about physics , but in the time they will see some pattern emerging within that experiment . |
5 | But in the time it takes me to do this , the incoming train has reached the other end of the station platform . |
6 | But in the time it takes these children to ask for a drink of water an accomplice has slipped in the back and helped himself . |