Example sentences of "in the time [pers pn] takes " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important though to have corner blocks , and these I make in the time it takes for my tea to go cold . |
| 2 | I judge that in the time it takes the lift to creep the height of the building I have to be out the door and on my way . |
| 3 | In the time it takes to get the better of this slope , you could raise a family and marry them off . |
| 4 | Light goes maybe 30 metres in the time it takes sound to travel the 0.2mm thickness of the emulsion . |
| 5 | ( In the time it takes you to read this you could be enjoying it . ) |
| 6 | In other words , in the time it takes for one murder on the crime clock , six workers have died ‘ just trying to make a living ’ ! ’ |
| 7 | To allow the horses and their appended jockeys through , all points of the tape must rise by about 1 metre in the time it takes a horse to travel about the same distance from rest , perhaps much less than 0.1 seconds . |
| 8 | That light travels at the speed of five times around the earth in the time it takes to say rice pudding is indeed an amazing matter . |
| 9 | But in the time it takes me to do this , the incoming train has reached the other end of the station platform . |
| 10 | But in the time it takes these children to ask for a drink of water an accomplice has slipped in the back and helped himself . |