Example sentences of "in a [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The statutory outage on Reactor 1 was completed three days ahead of schedule in a total time of 6 weeks , 4 days … an excellent performance by everyone concerned . |
| 2 | But it would not be held that God revealed God 's self to a particular people , or through a particular person , in a certain time in history . |
| 3 | They made another turn , and another , bringing them in a short time to Southwark Bridge . |
| 4 | By comparison , one of the matching health authorities would claim to have de-hospitalized over a hundred patients in a short time through one specialist developmental officer alone . |
| 5 | A big bream should be weighed immediately it is caught , for these fish can lose a lot of weight in a short time in a keepnet or keepsack . |
| 6 | The Englishman finished 29 seconds clear of Patrese , in a winning time of one hour , 36 minutes and 51.856 seconds , at an average speed of 118.191 mph . |
| 7 | And the trophy was taken , in a winning time of sixty four seconds , by a team from Winchester . |
| 8 | Josh Gifford 's gelding won the H & T Walker Gold Cup in a fast time at Ascot recently , and remains well treated despite being 2lb out of the handicap . |
| 9 | The progressive Dreamers Delight touched off the useful Texan Tycoon in a fast time at Newbury two weeks ago and deserves the greatest respect , but I prefer SATIN LOVER . |
| 10 | ‘ We 're in a quiet time at the moment , Leon . |
| 11 | He prefaced a book called Bringing Up Children In A Difficult Time with a ‘ Statement of an anti-permissive author ’ : ‘ How did I ever get the reputation of being an advocate of excessive permissiveness ? ’ he asked plaintively and disingenuously . |
| 12 | Mervin completed his third London run in a blistering time of two hours 55 minutes . |
| 13 | Another Middlesbrough and Cleveland athlete , Allison Curbishley , was also in superb form in the intermediate girls ' 300 metres hurdles , winning in an improving time of 44.6 minutes . |
| 14 | could not temper itself , but needs she must bewray her outrageous lust , and in an inconvenient time of the year , despising all discommodities of the way and weather , and all danger of thieves , she betook herself headlong to her journey with such a company as no man of any honest degree would have adventured his life and his goods among them . |