Example sentences of "[be] in time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're in time , ’ said Cobalt . |
| 2 | I realised that I had only just been in time before all traces of cropmarks had been obliterated . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ I thought I had been in time . ’ |
| 4 | Countries to the east of us are in time zones with local time that is ahead of GMT , whereas local time and the time zones to the west are delayed with respect to ours . |
| 5 | Picture yourself if you will as a small child who under great danger to yourself gives all to help your parents when they are in time of peril and in return you get a slap in the face . |
| 6 | It is maintained that whereas particulars are in time , universals are timeless . |
| 7 | ‘ How d' you do , Mr Bodenland , you are in time to listen to a little revision ! ’ |
| 8 | If it is not an emergency question , you are in time Mr with your question , in case anyone thinks that it was an emergency question was put down |
| 9 | This means the real fight begins once the recession is over ( Halpern believes this will be in time for the next general election , coinciding with the introduction of the Single European Market in '92 ) . |
| 10 | You 'll be taking over my job as cop winder , and when you do I 'll be promoted to the looms , just as you 'll be in time . ’ |
| 11 | But from Rome the British agent sent a warning while Charles was still a boy : ‘ Everybody says that he will be in time a far more dangerous enemy to the present establishment of the government of England than ever his father was . ’ |
| 12 | They shook hands and Rufus wished her a pleasant journey home to Sevenoaks , she would just be in time to avoid the rush . |
| 13 | Eight o'clock in the morning , and if she went to work then he hoped still to be in time to catch her before she locked the front door and shut out the intrusion of a man from the Service . |
| 14 | On arrival at Edinburgh Airport , two Landrovers awaited us and our luggage , and we drove as fast as we could to Gleneagles , to try to be in time for the Moët et Chandon reception which is the first party of the Rolex-Jackie Stewart Challenge weekend ; this was timed for 8pm ! |
| 15 | But would I be in time ? |
| 16 | It seemed a shame that it could n't be in time for my mother 's birthday on the 8th but at least it was a good target for which to aim . |
| 17 | We took pains to get to the front of the queue for the evening meal so that we would be in time for the start of the picture . |
| 18 | It was and she would be in time . |
| 19 | " I hate to cut you short , " said Richard from the hatch , " it 's only that I can hardly expect my staff to be in time if I 'm late myself . " |
| 20 | They ai n't gon na be in time — I live in a short street . |
| 21 | ‘ I hope you 'll still be in time for your daughter 's dental appointment , ’ he told her . |
| 22 | No no er erm well er there is Prunus that 's a plum I mean a cherry that grows up and various ones like that the only trouble is with these type of things they can be more of a nuisance than the trees that you do have now because those trees growing up those spindly ones as you put it erm some gardeners call them or whatever name they use I but the trouble is bits die in the centre of those and they tend to drop down and they can be in time more far more of a nuisance than the trees they 've got now which seems to me quite suitable . |
| 23 | If he motored fast , he would be in time for dinner . |
| 24 | Are we , two choices , that which draws nearer and comes to be in time , that 's the first choice . |
| 25 | He played well enough for Staart last year , and the loan period should be in time for Olsen to select the finals squad . |
| 26 | A You may still be in time for Assembly , and if so , you must attend . |
| 27 | I goes well they 'll improve the grant to start off with , he goes well it wo n't be in time to benefit us , I goes well you should n't just be thinking about yourself |
| 28 | He 's also saying , but now I have a more responsible job , therefore I have to be in time , five minutes after him , not good enough . |
| 29 | Being in time and being in in the eternity . |
| 30 | The movement is the condition of being in time : and the most sustained metaphor for this process of profiting in grace , that of the journey to Jerusalem , is one with immediate connotations for the medieval reader . |