Example sentences of "in the [noun sg] of an eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | lurching in the blink of an eye , daring to see like a yes . |
| 2 | In the blink of an eye , Joe Walker 's Starfighter rammed the Valkyrie 's starboard wingtip with its tail , then rolled sharply left and flipped upside-down , ripping off most of the left hand and part of the right hand vertical tails . |
| 3 | A full volley will rip through the toughest regiment causing immense casualties in the blink of an eye . |
| 4 | In the blink of an eye , Richmann drew the Steyr and shot Henri between the eyes . |
| 5 | He would be up and after them in the blink of an eye . |
| 6 | as if , in the blink of an eye , his being would turn to breath as the gods drew the scent sticks from the offering bowl . |
| 7 | One moment Angel One had been crouched motionless as a carved statue , the next he seemed to have been transposed several feet nearer in the blink of an eye , like a faulty sequence in some badly cut movie . |
| 8 | He went from frozen stillness to liquid and menacing movement in the blink of an eye . |
| 9 | From animosity , to electricity , to discussing cake ingredients in the blink of an eye . |
| 10 | That was Mandy , from pathos to pleasure in the blink of an eye . |
| 11 | No-one wanted personal computers until an American called Dan Bricklin invented a piece of software that would do lots of boring calculations in the blink of an eye . |
| 12 | In Thru this condition is posed as a choice between two masters : ‘ could n't she be happy with y o u in the orbit of an eye and no referent without ? |
| 13 | It was their idea to miniaturise , to reduce the scale of nature so that it could be contemplated in the sweep of an eye . |
| 14 | You could look at someone and like them , be excited , hopeful , and then , in the wink of an eye , it could all turn to dust . |
| 15 | His fate would depend entirely upon her mood , which he knew from experience could shift and change in the winking of an eye . |
| 16 | If they and other dogs had the vote , they would see off these foolish and disagreeable animal sentimentalists who wish to forbid hunting , in the twinkling of an eye . |
| 17 | He could describe the land registration bureaucracy of the Ottoman Empire , define the intricacies of land expropriation and run off a photocopy of the Israeli Absentee property Law ( 1950 ) in the twinkling of an eye . |
| 18 | Let it not be thought this will exclude the Presbyterians who are already making secret trips to Roman Catholic outfitters and coming away with bright blue cassocks and nifty black shirts with priestly collars which can be removed in the twinkling of an eye . |
| 19 | In the twinkling of an eye . |
| 20 | All this happened in the twinkling of an eye and just as quickly I extricated myself from the upholstered prison , scraped up my hat and tried to bash it back into shape as I hobbled to retrieve a far-flung shoe . |
| 21 | Having fewer children , of course , gives rise to a situation which so many 20th-century parents will understand only too well : that one minute there are young babies in the house needing constant attention , while the next , in the twinkling of an eye it seems , Darby and Joan are staring around an empty house and having to re-learn the art of living with each other all over again . |
| 22 | But in the supernatural universe the Great Battle was won in the twinkling of an eye . |
| 23 | He pounced in the 30th minute , rifling home a super shot from 20 yards in the twinkling of an eye . |
| 24 | They 're really not interested in mad pop kids with big cocks and big noise who appear and disappear in the twinkling of an eye . |
| 25 | Touch church or touch party in your antislavery efforts and all their zeal for the slave would be scattered in the twinkling of an eye … |
| 26 | ‘ Pray take my arm m'lady and I shall convey thee hence in the twinkling of an eye . ’ |
| 27 | Father Matthew nodded and the silver coin disappeared in the twinkling of an eye . |
| 28 | In the twinkling of an eye they were safe inside with their friends . |
| 29 | She 'd come to perform an unpleasant but routine chore , and suddenly , virtually in the twinkling of an eye , her entire life had been turned upside-down , and all its certainties challenged . |
| 30 | It 's one shot wonders and weird groups that come and go in the bat of an eye — this strange serendipity that happens . ’ |