Example sentences of "in the twinkling of an eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In the twinkling of an eye . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But in the supernatural universe the Great Battle was won in the twinkling of an eye . |
| 8 | He pounced in the 30th minute , rifling home a super shot from 20 yards in the twinkling of an eye . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 … |
| 11 | ‘ Pray take my arm m'lady and I shall convey thee hence in the twinkling of an eye . ’ |
| 12 | Father Matthew nodded and the silver coin disappeared in the twinkling of an eye . |
| 13 | In the twinkling of an eye they were safe inside with their friends . |
| 14 | 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 . |