Example sentences of "[prep] the blink of an " in BNC.
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| 1 | I imagine it must seem like the blink of an eye to a ghost , do n't you ? ’ |
| 2 | lurching in the blink of an eye , daring to see like a yes . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A full volley will rip through the toughest regiment causing immense casualties in the blink of an eye . |
| 5 | In the blink of an eye , Richmann drew the Steyr and shot Henri between the eyes . |
| 6 | He would be up and after them in the blink of an eye . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He went from frozen stillness to liquid and menacing movement in the blink of an eye . |
| 10 | From animosity , to electricity , to discussing cake ingredients in the blink of an eye . |
| 11 | That was Mandy , from pathos to pleasure in the blink of an eye . |
| 12 | 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 . |