Example sentences of "in [adj] time they " in BNC.
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| 1 | These continuous blasts may last for several hours , and in that time they eject large volumes of ash , which is always new magmatic material , rather than shattered bits and pieces of old rock . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In that time they were totally isolated from any contact with their parents , or with anyone else they knew or who cared about them . |
| 4 | In that time they 'd sealed off the room and the hotel . |
| 5 | In that time they carried two and a half thousand tonnes of food and medical supplies saving countless lives . |
| 6 | In that time they have built up a force of one hundred and fifty vehicles and three hundred and forty staff . |
| 7 | ‘ Career breaks would enable women to choose to take five , six or seven years out to have their families but in that time they would be kept in touch , ’ said Miss Armstrong . |
| 8 | If they can not do it in that time they never will . |
| 9 | ‘ In Victorian times they used to be about 35 inches wide ; now they can be as narrow as 30 inches . |
| 10 | Now in Victorian times they were kept as pets and just like hamsters are today and there are still one or two around that er might just give you that impression but I may be really off the , the level here . |
| 11 | In Victorian times they were very common , and often found in the nursery . |
| 12 | In post-Vedic times they became : |
| 13 | Over the wall , overlooking Kingsdale , is a tight concentration of potholes , some of great depth , but if Whernside 's summit is to be reached in good time they must be considered out of bounds . |
| 14 | In good time they shall . |
| 15 | Back in Saxon times they were used as diuretics and were just one of dozens of herbs , plants and berries taken for medical purposes . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Already in Predynastic times they were using it to make beads , and throughout the Dynastic period it was employed together with lapis lazuli , carnelian and coloured glass to infill cloisonné work on jewellery , notably on the breast ornaments worn by Tutankhamun ( Plate I ) . |