Example sentences of "it [prep] time " in BNC.

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1 Which , when you look at it into time and money , yes we pay forty pence flat a parcel but the girls can go out , once they , once they know their area , they know the roads and they know where they are they can go out and probably do about twenty parcels an hour .
2 You could do that and it would be easy to do it that way then to do it with time sheets .
3 Now the goal is to complete it in time for an autumn summit .
4 Additionally , as already mentioned , patting a horse on its neck can be beneficial when trying to shoe a difficult horse ; and we pat it in time to the farrier 's hammer .
5 The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo .
6 Rose dropped the stone but caught it in time .
7 The question is whether the voters will realise it in time for polling day .
8 In preparation for the final session , I designated a ‘ robot controller ’ room area , roped off , a large placard with ROBOT CONTROLLER in red ( I should have added PRIVATE , DO NOT ENTER as a nice re-inforcer of the point , but I did not think about it in time ) against a dais on which stood a table and a hand microphone ( a television control device which he had carried around with him on previous occasions ) .
9 The killing of Polanski 's wife — who was in her last month of pregnancy and carrying a ‘ perfectly formed ’ baby son , also murdered — along with three friends and a totally unconnected young man of eighteen who had been visiting a caretaker living in the grounds , naturally caused Polanski extreme mental torture , made worse by the knowledge that he had promised to return to the house himself and had not made it in time .
10 In this version , the man carried a parasol , and the most memorable sequence is when , brandishing it in front of him like a cross between a broom and a weapon , he opens and shuts it in time with the steps .
11 ‘ Will you be able to finish it in time ? ’
12 Dr Nolan said it was just shock and she would get over it in time , but it was hard to live with just the same .
13 If an editing change or the execution of a command was a mistake , you can frequently ‘ undo ’ the error if you notice it in time ; ie ( generally ) before you do any more editing , or give any more commands .
14 And all creatures who hear it in time take their own appropriate , evasive action .
15 ‘ which was not attended ’ Means there is no person able to keep it under observation and reach it in time to prevent anything untoward ( Starfire Diamond Rings Ltd v Angel ( 1962 ) 106 SJ 854 and Ingleton of Ilford Ltd v General Accident & Co [ 1967 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 179 ) .
16 We 'll never get you on to it in time .
17 If your letter is not delivered on the first working day after your posted it — as long as you posted it in time to get there — then we automatically refund your fee .
18 I knew Purvis would get to the bottom of it in time .
19 Well it is quite true that if you come to eat before you see a film you have to ask if they can do it in time .
20 ‘ Perhaps I can overcome it in time … but it is too much of … forgive me … of a market , an auction , a commercial venture …
21 Or she could , if she thought of it in time , say that Derek had always been the most frightful liar .
22 They 'd grow out of it in time , she thought .
23 Luckily , I made it in time .
24 We did occasionally get the flies blowing them like , you know , but as long as you get it , got it in time and cut it down and cut it up straight away it was all right like .
25 ‘ And your brother made it in time for the birth ? ’
26 ‘ Ah 'd have liked to take a look around the Archaeological Museum , but Ah fear we 'd never make it in time through the rush-hour traffic .
27 She caught it in time , and had them dwindle a little .
28 Alain was greatly distressed by his death , but , ’ she hesitated for a moment before continuing , ‘ he would have got over it in time .
29 ‘ Can I make it in time ? ’
30 As we moored up the late shipping forecast was giving warnings of south-easterly gales for the area , so we had just made it in time .
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