Example sentences of "in [adj] time they [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that time they carried two and a half thousand tonnes of food and medical supplies saving countless lives . |
| 2 | In that time they 'd sealed off the room and the hotel . |
| 3 | In that time they saw no movement , no living or dead person , no sign of violence ; nothing , but the ordered emptiness of a darkened and dead ship . |
| 4 | In post-Vedic times they became : |
| 5 | Meantime , the Brothers exercised , recited litanies , incanted the familiar battle-prayers , meditated , now and then duelled , tested themselves upon algometric pain-meters … and in spare time they scrimshandered the bones of the dead . |