Example sentences of "be in [noun] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 You 're in danger of every time you 're praising that person , they 're going to be sitting back waiting for the straight away , so you could n't , if you go up to somebody and they 've generally done a superb job and you ca n't fault him , and he knows he 's done a really good job , but he 's just sitting back waiting for you to way what , what you 've done wrong .
2 For every Palestinian who expressed doubts about the worth of returning , there were hundreds who would go back to what is now Israel if they had the opportunity to do so , people like David Damiani , a Christian whose family had been in Palestine since the time of the Crusades .
3 As I said before , the unity of Judaism had been in question since the time of Alexander .
4 He had been in Paris at the time of the murder .
5 The ‘ oral ’ approach , whether one calls it a ‘ natural ’ or ‘ modern ’ approach , has been in operation since the time educators stopped learning BSL .
6 The windows were also provided with louvred shutters which could be removed and stored when not in use ; these shutters may have been in place at the time of capture .
7 A ban on certain political parties , which had been in force since the time of the 1980 military coup , was removed by Cabinet decree on July 3 .
8 There was one lady with a very posh voice , a doctor 's widow , who had been in Jarrow at the time of that terrible hunger march .
9 It probably came there from Babylonia , where the simplest form of the outflow type had already been in use before the time of the early Shang period ( c. 1500 BC ) .
10 They picked up so much more corn that — if I were to leave them — they 'd have been in trouble in no time .
11 Bear in mind that issues should reflect fundamental concerns ( in relation to the level of study ) , and might also include those problems that arise frequently , or are in vogue at the time of the study .
12 A contract for the sale of future goods is not made on any false assumption that the goods are in existence at the time of the contract .
13 The court has heard that she was arrested after police found out that one of the men she named appeared to be in Scotland at the time of the alleged incident .
14 The property , it is thought , must already be in existence at the time when it was obtained .
15 Myra is a dear , but she 's also a gossip … my reputation will be in shreds by the time I get back . ’
16 The manager , though not the supervisor , should normally be in attendance throughout the time when the office is open to the public or to telephone calls from the public .
17 What the mother finally decides to do will probably result from the opinion of someone else — whether that someone is her own mother , the local midwife or whichever childcare expert happens to be in vogue at the time .
18 Having to get up very early in the mornings he tended to be in bed by the time she arrived home on the last bus from Bath .
19 One of the richest made for Julius II later escaped the sack of Rome because it happened to be in pawn at the time .
20 As Murad II happened to be in Serez at the time , de la Broquière and his companions , one of whom was Benedetto Folco da Forli , the ambassador of the Duke of Milan , set out to meet him .
21 Just on a year ago , as I was to be in London at the time of the World Cup , I made enquiries about obtaining tickets to attend some of the Cup matches in the United Kingdom .
22 ‘ We 'll be in town by the time he comes up here , ’ Nutty said .
23 students registered in an electronics , electrical/electronic or other kind of engineering department were slightly less likely to be in employment at the time of the survey than those in other kinds of department ;
24 The reply comes zooming down the phone : ‘ Of course , dear , we 'll understand — do n't think another thought about it — we 're just looking forward to seeing you , and we 'll be in touch nearer the time , dear … ’
25 Deferred tax is to be provided , using the liability method , on all timing differences which are expected to reverse in the future at rates of tax likely to be in force at the time of the reversal .
26 The making of a care order will automatically discharge any supervision order , school attendance order or s8 order which may be in force at the time ( s91(2) ( 3 ) ( 5 ) ) .
27 We first met him at an elegant hotel in the ‘ uptown ’ district of Manhattan , New York , overlooking Central park , a watering place well known to artists ( Joe Cocker also happened to be in residence at the time ) .
28 The West Germans want the revision of the Rome Treaty and national parliamentary endorsement of an EC central bank and other institutions to be in place by the time of the next European Parliament elections — in June 1994 .
29 It will be valuable if our definitive document could be in place by the time FRS 3 comes into force on 22 June 1993 .
30 That change might be in place by the time Pakistan visit West Indies this winter .
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