Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] in [noun sg] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They came up in time to see the penultimate line-up . |
| 2 | Before the American tour , John had already prepared his next new production , and he came back in time to supervise the final rehearsals before its premiere at Sadler 's Wells on 20 December . |
| 3 | The Sandrat darted back in time to avoid the spear of flame from the torch , and flung a handful of sand at Miss Liberty . |
| 4 | The protestors turned up in force to confront the man , but he 'd already been and gone . |
| 5 | They had been draped with canvas to protect them from the rain , and a watchman in wet buckram saluted civilly , then stepped back in haste to avoid the splashes thrown up by the hooves of the passing st'lyan . |
| 6 | Menachem Begin the leader of Irgun , who was wanted for the murders of sergeants Martin and Paice ( see Daily Express ) went on in time to become the Prime Minister of the Zionist State of Israel . |
| 7 | Having been commissioned to write an opera buffa for the 1774–75 carnival season in Munich , Mozart , again accompanied by his father , set off in order to complete the composition , La finta giardiniera . |
| 8 | The complete narrative proposed by this group is as follows , with letters retained for ease of reference , but with the gaps between the sentences closed up in order to render the sequence 'story-like " . |