Example sentences of "be [verb] in time [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met R. D. Case afterwards — he was on the Westminster Gazette at that time — and he told me that Stanford was so drunk that he 'd almost fallen into the gravel Apparently he 'd just been caught in time by George Watson-Forbes , who later wrote a remarkable series of articles in the Daily News on the Home Rule question . ’ |
| 2 | The implementation of measures 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 depend upon action by both the profession and the Government , but we believe the necessary steps can be completed in time for implementation in April 1993 . |
| 3 | Circumstances in which overtime may be used should be identified , together with a list of staff who have agreed to be approached in time of need . |
| 4 | Nicholas , who is living with his family in a tiny flat , hopes the damage will be repaired in time for Christmas . |
| 5 | During 1740 the First Lord of the Admiralty , with Walpole 's support , tried to carry a bill to create a national register of sea-faring men from which suitable recruits could be sought in time of crisis , but it was denounced by the Opposition as being akin to slavery and thrown out . |
| 6 | He began by securing from Parliament a fifteenth and tenth , combined with a subsidy , the first to be levied in time of peace . |
| 7 | For the first time I realized the humiliating narrowness of mind with which one has to be equipped in time of war . |
| 8 | It is probable , therefore , that the internal payment certificate will not be raised in time for inclusion in the current month 's costing as they will be received by the accountant after the close down date for the month . |
| 9 | Such initiatives tended to be overcome in time by inertia and indifference . |
| 10 | In March this year in its first report , the panel said Britain should be cabled in time for country 's satellite TV service due to start in 1986 . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's some consolation that it has been found but it 's a shame it could n't be retrieved in time for Remembrance Sunday . |
| 12 | US West Inc 's US West Communications has chosen Omaha , Nebraska as the test bed for its planned digital speech , data and video communications network , and contracts will be awarded in time for construction to begin in Omaha in early summer . |
| 13 | Phillipson ( 1982 ) has argued that older workers form a ‘ reserve ’ army of labour which can be recruited in times of labour shortage and discarded during periods of depression . |
| 14 | A new series of trendy Toby mugs are to be launched in time for Christmas . |
| 15 | The union between the regions of Scotia is recent , and must be bolstered in time of stress . |
| 16 | Novae are now believed to be caused by gas spilling from one star to another in a close double-star system , but 30 years ago they were a complete mystery ; only two dozen had been spotted in time for astronomers to study them while they were still erupting . |
| 17 | They could be cured if they were treated in time with iodine , whole gland , or pure hormone . |
| 18 | Although a handful of poems were written in times of solitude or loneliness , the great bulk of her poetry was written for Freemantle or for other friends . |
| 19 | Poised to begin his ‘ real work ’ as a missionary among the wretched of the earth , a holy man at last , he is paralleled in time with Tolstoy . |
| 20 | Until the architectural work is finished in time for Antwerp 's celebration as European Culture Capital in 1993 the three Rubens masterpieces will be placed against this temporary wall . |
| 21 | Most probably , if had not been articulated in times of war these artistic tendencies would have simply been considered marginal . |