Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] in time [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But since the replicase is just a protein molecule like any other , the versatile protein-building machines of the bacterial cell can easily turn to building them , just as the machine tools in a car factory can quickly be turned over in time of war to making munitions : all they need is to be fed the right blueprints . |
2 | The Queen , Queen Mother and Princes William , 10 , and Harry , eight , also turned up in time for lunch in the royal shooting lodge . |
3 | Mr Heseltine has been forced to pull out of a Birmingham conference on global technology today as a contingency to allow the final details to be tied up in time for presentation to the Cabinet . |
4 | I always make sure I get back in time for tea . ’ |
5 | In Rome a visitor can stand in front of a Baroque church , but a few minutes later , having walked only a short distance , may have plunged back in time to Antiquity . |
6 | A new Expert book has been brought out in time for Christmas . |
7 | And you always seem to arrive back in time for supper . ’ |