Example sentences of "in [adv] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has he forgotten , in just an hour and a half , the pleasure that he gave to his own backwoodsmen by telling stories about multiple applications ? |
| 2 | We got here in just an hour and five minutes . |
| 3 | We do not have , in just an effect , such an answer to the question of why a causal circumstance occurred . |
| 4 | Answer guide : The answer should point out that a cost can be incurred which will result in both an asset , i.e. something that has a future benefit , or an expense , i.e. something where the benefit has been used up . |
| 5 | It comprehended at once distrust in the divine voracity and a proportionate credulity in the assurances of satan , unbelief , Side B graditude , disobedience , gluttony , ‘ In the man excessive uxoriousness , in the woman a want of proper regard for her husband , in both an insensibility to the welfare of their offspring and that offspring the whole human race . |
| 6 | This we did , for in about an hour and a quarter from the time of our beginning the ascent , we found ourselves on the top of this dreadful precipice , and in possession of some very uncommon plants … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The train from Castlebar is due there in about an hour . |
| 8 | Caitlin will be here in about an hour . |
| 9 | ‘ I anticipate that my husband will be home in about an hour . ’ |
| 10 | After Downes had been driven away , Morse and Lewis walked back to their own car , where Morse gave urgent instructions to the forensic lab to sent a couple of their whizz-kids over to the railway station — immediately ! — and to Kidlington HQ to see that a breakdown van would be available in about an hour 's time to ferry away a certain Metro . |
| 11 | back in about an hour and a half 's time so erm that 's good timing actually . |
| 12 | ‘ We 'll be there in about an hour or so , ’ Guido told her , as Ronni sat by his side stiffly , staring out the window . |
| 13 | Grandma 's be around here in about an hour . |
| 14 | As I put on a plaster in here an hour ago , I wondered if I 'd left it on that shelf above the sink . |
| 15 | The oak-beamed four-bedroom house stands surrounded by apple trees in almost an acre of land in the village of Snetterton , just a mile from a racing circuit . |
| 16 | And I go in there and I have lov , I can be in there an hour ! |
| 17 | Although there are numerous interpretations of the basic herati form , it is usually employed in either an allover or medallion-and-corner format . |