Example sentences of "do [pron] in [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and then you went for a whole month which was , you could do something in that time . |
| 2 | If they can not do it in that time they never will . |
| 3 | Yeah but they 're , but they 're not they 're gon na do it in some time in June I think that 's the target . |
| 4 | And he could do it in less time . |
| 5 | And it 's not everybody 's job to do that , so ordinary people took the jobs as shunters and could be taught how to do it in short time , if they were average and er in good health . |
| 6 | oh yeah the people , matey 's walking along and he 's going like this and he 's pulling it as he 's doing it , he says and he 's doing it in proper time like that , but with one arm going he 's twiddling it , he 's doing it , he says no my feet are exactly like that , very effective but you can actually get fined for loosing them , you have to pay for them and its like a real , shooting sticks as well , you do n't tend to carry erm , these pay sticks you carry them like the old shooting sticks , the old you know ? |
| 7 | Charlotte was counting the seconds until he should extricate himself , and he did it in less time than she had expected , and without even the pretence of sitting down with her . |