Example sentences of "in no time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | That brought Nottingham within range and in no time they produced a broadside which knocked Northampton sideways . |
2 | This was an especial worry in Ireland , where the peasantry left the mounds alone as the tombs of former kings and queens ; if enthusiastic archaeologists took control , in no time they would be sacrilegiously interfering and flourishing the thighbone of some ancient Irish king . |
3 | In no time they were installed at a table by the window and being attended by a stately woman with an enormous bosom and a monument of granite-coloured hair . |
4 | Formalities did not take long , and in no time they were riding upwards in the lift and then walking along a corridor to the door of Ven 's suite . |
5 | The Chief let out a cry , he was saying goodbye — then in no time they all rode away . |
6 | He heads north , and in no time we 're outside Denice 's impressive town house in St John 's Wood . |
7 | In no time we were moored securely a few inches from a slippery ledge , surging in a gentle swell with ropes secured to convenient rock spurs . |
8 | In no time we were a mile from either bank … and the daytrippers were thoroughly enjoying themselves.Even one couple who should have been cruising down the Seine were happy with the alternative : |
9 | In no time he was raving about free love and ‘ Fat Maria ’ Who ‘ smiles with pleasure whenever I help her out of her underwear under the blankets at night . ’ |
10 | In no time he had calls from husky security officers who liked to be called ‘ Marcia ’ . |
11 | His style was light and friendly ; in no time he had built up a big following among the viewers . |
12 | Then asked the name of her hotel , and in no time he was pulling up outside it , and Fabia knew that one of the most pleasant interludes of her life except for the ‘ alternator ’ trauma that went with it — was over . |
13 | One of the guerrillas invites him to drink wine , and in no time he is completely drunk , and has told them that some lorries loaded with ammunition are coming up the road , to help in the campaign to wipe out the guerrillas . |
14 | Well it came so suddenly you see there 's erm as I said playing football , and then this accident and then he he was sort of taken away from us in no time you know . |
15 | In no time I was rolling with the best of them and filling the intervals between wines by chewing a morsel of cheese . |
16 | ‘ And my mother 's on my side , and will talk my uncle round to her way of thinking , and in no time I shall be betrothed to Isabel . |
17 | It seemed that in no time she was forced indoors by huge raindrops that appeared to have come from nowhere . |
18 | ‘ The number of times we 've made it up with her after falling out because of her trouble making , and in no time she 's been at it again . |
19 | Anyhow , ’ he continued in his usual exuberant fashion , ‘ we were standing right outside Oliphants ’ Café , so I suggested coffee , and in no time she was telling me how she now lived in London , and had a flat there , and … ’ |
20 | In no time it looked just the part . |