Example sentences of "in [adj] time [pron] [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 that time we managed to talk to many broadcasters , primarily European ( which reflects where we see our main market potential and the fact that MIPCOM did seem to have greater numbers of European broadcasters than from any other significant territory ) .
5 In that time we had won 3 and drawn 2 .
6 Actually , we were probably more technical than we are now , 'cos we had a year 's break between the two bands and in that time we lost all our talent , so we had to start again .
7 It was almost a year since he had been there and in that time nothing had been done , nothing had been touched .
8 The whole performance had taken no more than a minute , but in that time he 'd succeeded in turning the Chamber 's table into a fish-market gutter .
9 In that time he had performed group sex with his millionaire businessmen , turned on sex starved women who have never had an orgasm
10 It estimates that in that time it cut its carbon dioxide emissions by more than 20 per cent .
11 In that time she had to out-glare three Renaults , four Cortinas and a Volkswagen .
12 In that time I followed the course of the massive city walls which over the centuries had sustained so many assaults before falling at last to the Turkish onslaught .
13 In that time I had made some friends , gained much self-confidence , and finally lost my hatred of the Reeds .
14 I lasted eighteen months before packing it in , and in that time I saw a lot of disappointed people .
15 And in that time I became very close to the bunch of desperadoes I 'd first flown out with .
16 We flew for an hour and in that time I completed a reel of film in my camera .
17 In this time it became clear that the military and state security forces were not all solidly behind the coup , especially in the face of popular resistance , with Russian Federation ( RSFSR ) President Boris Yeltsin setting himself at the head of protesters apparently willing to fight for the new freedoms brought about by the reforms of perestroika .
18 Now , I am so thankful I stayed longer , for in this time I had an unforgettable experience .
19 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 .
20 She did n't even need to work out her notice , just go in any time she felt like it to collect any personal belongings .
21 But you had a bit of flare up A You flared up in last time you had came off it , did n't you ?
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