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 | 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 . |
| 10 | In good time they shall . |
| 11 | 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 . |