Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] in [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | The user interface management system enables developers to prototype hardware-independent , user-configurable graphical user interfaces for their applications in real time — a user can switch from Open Look to Motif without recompiling . |
2 | Someone sent somebody out to kill two hens ; a local gentleman , knowing the lie of the land , sent his servant to the inn with rum and sugar and an apology for not knowing of their arrival in sufficient time to put them up , and he had to leave for Inverness at the crack of dawn ; Boswell still had some bread despite the amount he had doled out to the Macraes . |
3 | In Ayr , they lived in a little thatched cottage and Bel obtained employment as a washer-woman to support herself and her son , albeit in the dire poverty of her class in that time . |
4 | The airport is 20 minutes from the middle of town and you are in your hotel in less time than it takes to get your luggage at Heathrow . |
5 | He knew his father would be backstage , interfering , and Suzi 's parents had arrived much earlier in order to park their car and get to their seats in good time . |
6 | The first step towards success is , rather obviously , to get to your appointment in good time . |