Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [vb infin] [adv] [prep] time " in BNC.
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1 | At this point I must go back in time to record the beginning of my own friendship with Ivy Compton-Burnett . |
2 | I might not always be there exactly when you want me , but I 'll check in from time to time . |
3 | Then tomorrow evening I 'll get home in time to see my son awake , in time to cook a meal , in time to get to grips with things . |
4 | I said I would be delighted to join them if I could wake up in time ( which I doubted ) , I said not to wait for me , and they promised they would n't . |
5 | I 'd say well as time goes on you throw old ones out do n't you ? |
6 | I shall come back in time , no I was just thinking that , the , the erm |
7 | I will end up on time . |
8 | Peter erm you 'll see around from time to time , he does all the design stuff erm and Christine erm looks after all the hangings and and stuff . |
9 | You 'll know better in time , Miss . ’ |
10 | She wished she could go back in time , to when she and Jezrael had shared a room and secrets after Mom put the lights out . |
11 | Or should he just take it off again and hope that she 'd come back in time . |
12 | But erm yes sometimes you 'd , you 'd get there in time but you see they 'd just , I , there , there were n't the telephones about in those days so you , you , you could n't , everybody did n't have a phone , they could n't ring in an and say I 'm in labour . |
13 | If you could travel back in time to the Middle Ages , you would find yourself surprised by the almost total lack of hedges and fences . |
14 | ‘ But she would come in from time to time to inspect the ingredients and make sure everything was fresh , nothing frozen , dried or packeted , especially not the orange juice for breakfast , which had to be freshly squeezed from three kilos of oranges . |
15 | At The Canterbury Tales you can step back in time to the 14th Century . |
16 | ‘ Go down to the shop then , and buy the lot — if you think you can get back in time . ’ |
17 | ‘ If there are any changes , I 'm sure we 'll find out in time . |
18 | In drama we can slow down time , we can stop and examine a particular moment , we can go backwards in time . |
19 | Indeed it is vital that they should do so from time to time . |
20 | They might turn up on time and do all the right things , or they might not . |
21 | But B of course if you did badly in those elections in May the government might have done badly in May , then morale would have been rock bottom of having to go into an election , he would have had to go for an election six weeks later or they 'd run out of time , yeah . |
22 | Wives also chose afternoons : the bulk of the outside work and the housework being finished they could attend knowing they would arrive home in time for the children returning from school . |
23 | It may change gradually over time , as indeed may the level of damages generally . |
24 | He 's gon na try but he 's not sure if he 'll get up in time cos he 'll be doing an essay in the night . |
25 | Well , he could look around in time . |
26 | For a period , he worked in the Manchester factory from 3am until 5pm , going to bed at 7pm so he could get up in time for the next day 's duty . |
27 | I did , I always said he would go back in time . |
28 | There was ketchup on my trench coat , but it would wash off in time . |
29 | Well I wa I was n't sure whether to , whether it would go through in time for the case and that 's why I have n't |
30 | Well I wa I was n't sure whether to whether it would come through in time for the case That 's why I did n't |