Example sentences of "in [art] time [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stared out of the window and thought she could write a book in the time it was taking them to get to Nice , which really was just around the corner . |
| 2 | In the time I was there she did pencil out a few passages , and got me to red ink a lot more . |
| 3 | Er but we dealt with quite a few serious accidents in the time I was there . |
| 4 | In no time he was raving about free love and ‘ Fat Maria ’ Who ‘ smiles with pleasure whenever I help her out of her underwear under the blankets at night . ’ |
| 5 | Then asked the name of her hotel , and in no time he was pulling up outside it , and Fabia knew that one of the most pleasant interludes of her life except for the ‘ alternator ’ trauma that went with it — was over . |
| 6 | In no time I was rolling with the best of them and filling the intervals between wines by chewing a morsel of cheese . |
| 7 | It seemed that in no time she was forced indoors by huge raindrops that appeared to have come from nowhere . |
| 8 | Anyhow , ’ he continued in his usual exuberant fashion , ‘ we were standing right outside Oliphants ’ Café , so I suggested coffee , and in no time she was telling me how she now lived in London , and had a flat there , and … ’ |