Example sentences of "space [prep] time [conj] " in BNC.

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1 He should n't be in her thoughts at all , and yet she found that in the short space of time since she had met him he had sunk in , wormed his way into her mind with his disturbing home truths .
2 They dived down from out of the sun to the south and in view of the short space of time that had elapsed since the aircraft had landed it is almost certain that the enemy aircraft must have seen the Sunderland in the air .
3 Such was the improvement in turbo cars in such a short space of time that they were soon capable of producing anything up to 1300 b.h.p .
4 The only item of business , the election of the Khashort space of time that it was clear to everyone that it was little more than a formality .
5 In the very short space of time that we have available this afternoon there are three subjects that I need simply to bring to the attention of Synod .
6 As I work in the Middle East , I usually only have a short space of time while I 'm home to sort out my musical needs and Colin from my local store , Heads Hands and Feet , has helped me tremendously over the years .
7 Now what they , what they were supposed to do erm I never did know but there were quite a number of these er men who lived in this train and they had a lieutenant who 's quite a handsome chap by all accounts , he used to come into the office a chap named lieutenant and erm erm this was one of the things that landed on Joyce 's plant er plate and er she used to meet these Education Officers and arrange for courses and in the er in Lieutenant 's case of course there was er , instruction in English which erm erm Stanley who was a Headmaster of er Area School he undertook classes for these Polish chaps but er so often of course these erm , these units were only in the area for a limited space of time so you could n't arrange anything very , very comprehensive
8 The fact is , it 's condensed into a very short space of time so you have n't got much chance to think .
9 He died as active as ever and , although only forty-five , had already crammed more into that space of time than most people manage in a far longer span .
10 The stitching can go rotten in a very short space of time and remember when you start the cross country course , ride with confidence or do not start !
11 Alan Davies has done a very good job in a short space of time and if he remains as coach for three seasons or more Wales will be in with a fighting chance for the future — and certainly in the next World Cup ’ .
12 Some people feel they have lost a space of time and , like other members of the panel , I would be cautious in the use of sedatives in this situation .
13 Well the servants three servants are given one talent and their master tells them to erm do with it what they could in a certain space of time and he would reward them .
14 Still , he had been knocked out twice in a short space of time and would appreciate some rest .
15 Well I would say that erm , in my time , er when they became unemployed , most of them could pick up a job pretty easy because I was speaking about from nineteen forty eight onwards , and of course er it was shortly after a war , there was plenty of work , and therefore most of them could pick up a job in a reasonable space of time and they would n't be idle too long .
16 This is mainly because although some adjectives precedes others it is within a relatively small space of time and a comparison between adjectives relating to the situation versus those to the person can not really be made .
17 Reaching an appropriate sociability and the business to be won or lost short space of time and wanted to set the scene and make a right , a right impression at the right .
18 I also feel it was a great honour being a woman and having achieved it in such a short space of time as I have only been in hairdressing for around six years .
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