Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are hours when you know you need to be somewhere on time — so build in margins for travel . |
| 2 | I said it is quarter past two if you I 'm not pushing you off but you 've got to be somewhere on time . |
| 3 | They had n't arrived yet , because they had been held up in the traffic , but they would be along in time for an early lunch . |
| 4 | And it could be just in time . |
| 5 | Unlike other single women , Elaine can not stay out late at night : she has to be home in time to be put to bed by a nurse . |
| 6 | The management became worried that if the calls for encores were to continue the opera , with its three ballets , lasting six hours , would be so long that the nobility would not be home in time for supper . |
| 7 | ‘ We shall just about be home in time for lunch , ’ said Angela . |
| 8 | Jennifer realised that she would have to run for her train if she was to be home in time ; Steven had booked a table at their favourite restaurant and was due to pick her up at 7.30 . |
| 9 | A delighted Jatinder said : ‘ Gurinder will be home in time for my dad 's birthday and well in time for the birth of our baby . ’ |
| 10 | It was a Wednesday morning and she walked on the beach before dawn , early so she could dawdle all the way to the fish lines and be home in time to make breakfast and get her gran up and doing . |
| 11 | He informed them that Stella had not only had her appendix , but also her gall bladder removed , and that he would be home in time to attend to the next horse trek arranged for Saturday . |
| 12 | You want to be home in time to watch that and |
| 13 | Are you sure you 'll be up in time to get there by nine o'clock ? ’ |
| 14 | I went back to my room , trying to forget about my brother ; I wanted to get to bed early so that I could be up in time for the naming ceremony of the new catapult . |
| 15 | Well yeah , no I 've light bulbs I mean I could make you a list down but it does n't matter I can get that tomorrow Ann I 'll go down tomorrow you know , I 'll be up in time . |
| 16 | him but er he might not be up in time anyway , cos he 's got a lot of work to do and he thinks he might be up all night tonight , in which case , he wo n't be getting up very early in the morning . |
| 17 | This close to Christmas it would be packed solid and I doubted if Eddie would be out on time , but I was n't going to risk it . |
| 18 | So now Marie 's got to go into hospital and have this done , do n't know if she 'll be out on time and er anyway and so they , you know , she said we 've only got to face it mum , so she said well we ca n't come cos Marie ca n't face it I said they all went and got |
| 19 | She should be out in time for Christmas . |
| 20 | He would be back from time to time , but never again as a mendicant . |
| 21 | ‘ Saving your presence sir , ’ said Sergeant Bramble , ‘ I tried to explain that there was nothing amiss and that you 'd be back in time for supper with Miss Nicole . |
| 22 | A resident at the C.I.C. hut could easily do a spot of rock-climbing , nip into Fort William to indulge in some leisurely shopping for tartan gonks and still be back in time for a sing-song round the primus stove . |
| 23 | But today he had asked if he could have a quarter of an hour extension and her father had said he would be back in time to take over . |
| 24 | With four flights a day from Manchester to Paris you could literally fly out for lunch and be back in time for ‘ Match of the Day ’ . |
| 25 | No , if only their courage held , they would be back in time for the lecture at twelve noon , each with a solid alibi . |
| 26 | Weightlifters Andrew Saxton and Andrew Davies were hoping to be back in time for their events tomorrow and on Monday . |
| 27 | Senga shouted and dashed out into the hall , almost colliding with Gerard , the butler " That 's Patrick , " she said quickly , " he said he would be back in time for lunch . " |
| 28 | ‘ Well , David , we 'd better be off if we 're to be back in time for this afternoon 's session . ’ |
| 29 | He intended , as he hurried out , to be back in time to clear up before his Mum got back . |
| 30 | Gardiner said : ‘ I 'll be happy to be back in time for the climax . ’ |