Example sentences of "it in time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the goal is to complete it in time for an autumn summit . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo . |
| 4 | Rose dropped the stone but caught it in time . |
| 5 | The question is whether the voters will realise it in time for polling day . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Will you be able to finish it in time ? ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And all creatures who hear it in time take their own appropriate , evasive action . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 ) . |
| 14 | We 'll never get you on to it in time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I knew Purvis would get to the bottom of it in time . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps I can overcome it in time … but it is too much of … forgive me … of a market , an auction , a commercial venture … |
| 19 | Or she could , if she thought of it in time , say that Derek had always been the most frightful liar . |
| 20 | They 'd grow out of it in time , she thought . |
| 21 | Luckily , I made it in time . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ And your brother made it in time for the birth ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | She caught it in time , and had them dwindle a little . |
| 26 | Alain was greatly distressed by his death , but , ’ she hesitated for a moment before continuing , ‘ he would have got over it in time . |
| 27 | ‘ Can I make it in time ? ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He had caught it in time . |
| 30 | But if she had to start looking for the owner of the Bentley who , she guessed , was probably somewhere in the hotel , she did n't have a hope of making it in time . |