in between times
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The task isn't simply to avoid panic at the crucial juncture but to be sure not to mislay one's excrement in between times, while the opposing captain jiggles his field and the bowler runs up.
From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2013
His father, who was a merchant seaman in both world wars, was largely unemployed in between times.
From The Guardian • Aug. 29, 2012
I rode horses first thing in the morning and last thing at night, and in between times I groomed, studied and cosseted them.
From The Guardian • Jan. 8, 2011
Day started at the 10th and birdied the 13th and 16th, dropping a shot in between times at the 15th.
From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2010
He still checked in with me, but in between times he’d range, playing with Songololo and the other young bonobos.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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