Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [det] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Alas , within 10 years there were too many locomotive builders for the small number of orders being produced in those depressed time . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Ratagan had promised to quaff Bicker 's portion of ale for him , to make sure none was wasted in these frugal times . |
10 | The day 's missed training would have to be fitted in some other time . |
11 | And his pretty face has n't changed in all that time . |
12 | I asked Ray whether people 's fish-buying habits had changed in these hard times . |