Example sentences of "in [num] [noun pl] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was cold and hungry — in eight hours I had only had three tangerines — and I throbbed from toes to groin . |
| 2 | In three minutes I had the Hispaniola sailing easily before the wind , along the coast of Treasure Island . |
| 3 | In three minutes I managed to put out the whole fire , and the lovely old building was safe . |
| 4 | But on the other hand I get $1000 a month tax free for five months every year , and so far in three years I have n't touched a cent of the money . |
| 5 | As Cynthia says : ‘ We found Dave entertaining children at Chessington World of Adventures , and in 25 years I had never met anyone who got on more naturally with children . ’ |
| 6 | In ten minutes I saw a summary of the whole butcher 's shop of war . |
| 7 | There 's one happening today in ten minutes I 've got a car waiting outside |
| 8 | In greater detail I could look at what kind of coverage we 've got , but I think in ten minutes I do n't have time to do that . |
| 9 | ‘ In ten minutes I have to leave . |
| 10 | We we we finish in five minutes I feel that |
| 11 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
| 12 | Now see I 'm looking at this here , right , just for fitting in twelve games I mean , I 'm gon na have to start the first of May . |
| 13 | Er we 'll start in fifteen minutes I think . |
| 14 | ‘ In 15 years I 've never been injured . |
| 15 | hello , hi Matt , alright I did an absolute steamer , excellent , did it really well , it only took me an hour and ten minutes it took me an hour and ten minutes I have n't no I knew , I knew vaguely , knew vaguely enough I mean I have , perfect question came up just describe er the youths portrayed in the er book and there was only two , there was the main character who I got most of the stuff from , from what Katie told me and the rest was the other bloke was called Carston Corsalius and basically all we knew about him was he fancied this other one , the main character , and erm was a journalist , that was it ah put it in nine times , no , I , I do n't know what it means eh , er Matt did n't come in , er a bit of a shame could n't no yeah , what did you really want ? or was that it ? yeah yeah , fixed , flexible and managed yes fixed , flex , fixed , flexible and managed oh right yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , do n't they and er advantages and disadvantages of indirect tax was , untax and direct was the other one , you know it indirect taxes yes yeah I ca n't remember , I really ca n't remember , like a colour yeah , you wan na know both of those , I 'd , I , I could n't remember all of demand pull , I put down the wage , price , wage spiral or the waged price spiral , that 's a stinker that is , that 's a beauty , I put that down , its ' a beaut , that 's my best diagram and I did three diagram' in four essays I hate doing diagram' yeah he 's here now , we 're about to go for a quick drink like , he says he 's been revising all day so erm , and I shall , I shall brief him , just as you would expect , I shall tell him all he needs I do n't , I do n't want to leave him in the lurch okay see you in French yeah , bye , bye , bye |
| 16 | In four years I fostered one ! and I am proud to say that Fr Liam Durrant , our present Vocations Director , came through my hands — should he be successful , would that make me a grandfather ? ! |
| 17 | Er it sort of goes in four ways I mean the fathers talk more directly than the mothers whether or not it 's a boy or a girl they 're talking to . |
| 18 | Do that in two weeks I think we will be happy . |
| 19 | Does match in two colours I do n't really match but this |
| 20 | In seven years I had as many new cars , each one more highly powered and larger than the last . |
| 21 | This is the first time in 20 years I have felt any hope . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ That 's the second time in twenty-four hours I 've had a swim in that damned water . |