Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] in time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stopped just in time , teetering on the edge . |
| 2 | Almost called you a witch there but I stopped just in time because it 's not |
| 3 | Oh what joy , as the swing of the '60s gave way to the pong of the '70s , as flares creaked muddily in time to a trenchant progfolk-jazz-R&B soundtrack and the likes of Genesis , Rory Gallagher , Van Der Graaf Generator , Brewer 's Droop and Greenslade became the staple Reading fare . |
| 4 | She felt her eyelids dropping and woke just in time to feel her hand being tugged towards the throbbing drums . |
| 5 | The Gutenberg Galaxy was the invention of the printing press which came just in time for the Reformation . |
| 6 | ‘ The ground was very fast at York which he does n't like and the rain came just in time for us on Saturday . |
| 7 | According to Special Branch , very violent treatment was meted out in the foyer to the men removed by the Black-shirts ; the police intervened just in time to prevent serious injury . |
| 8 | Thanks to the intervention and wise counsel of an Edinburgh specialist in prints , we learnt just in time that we had a very valuable collection which should be sold complete . |
| 9 | That evening , knowing that David was dining out , Anthony came home in time to have dinner with Comfort and looked in to talk to Julia before changing out of his hospital clothes . |
| 10 | They came up in time to see the penultimate line-up . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The Sandrat darted back in time to avoid the spear of flame from the torch , and flung a handful of sand at Miss Liberty . |
| 13 | ‘ But as soon as we got to the line I realised he was going to keel over with me and I just hopped off in time . |
| 14 | He turned just in time to see the coffin sink below the surface of the waves . |
| 15 | I turned just in time to see the storm-door across the landing shutting gently . |
| 16 | A cops and robbers chase through the docks with our official mini caught him in the act of phoning home , where we arrived just in time to stop his wife disposing of a large bag of goodies . |
| 17 | We arrived just in time to see the first members of the brass band — a trombone and a tuba — come round the corner of the lane . |
| 18 | Hitachi Ltd has put a tiger team from its Network Products Group in Silicon Valley on developing local network-based multisystem electronic mail products , hoping to have them all gussied up in time for a third-quarter roll-out : Hitachi reckons that it 's on to a good thing because veca : International Data Corp predicts the worldwide market will be 77m users in 1996 ; Hitachi is expected to make a point of integration , management and directory synchronisation likely using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol . |
| 19 | Hitachi Ltd has put a tiger team from its Network Products Group in Silicon Valley on developing LAN-based multiplatform e-mail products hoping to have them all gussied up in time for a third-quarter rollout . |
| 20 | I arrived back in time to pipe out the Brigadier , and judging by his jovial manner he must have enjoyed his meal . |
| 21 | He turned back in time to see Nell and Delaney step out of the lift . |
| 22 | There were giggles from the trees behind her , and she turned sharply , furious with her maids , then turned back in time to see Li Yuan summon the small boy forward . |
| 23 | Another theory suggests that an intended victim was at his chamber pot , relieving himself after vast quantities of ale , and turned around in time to see his bed at a perilous angle . |
| 24 | A major source of charity for the unemployed were the ad hoc funds raised by public subscription , such as the Lord Mayor of London 's Mansion House funds , opened regularly in times of exceptional distress . |
| 25 | We escaped just in time and it was downhill all the way to Narvik . |
| 26 | Mr. S. returned just in time to see the respondent carrying the goods towards the door . |
| 27 | There was a traditional end to construction at the Three Lamps housing development at Totterdown in Bristol when WCUK stepped back in time to top out a new home at the site . |
| 28 | On his return from the song contest his father died , and David 's mother remembers how David rushed back in time to show his father the trophy he had won . |
| 29 | We must again resort to a series of small steps , this time arranged sequentially in time . |
| 30 | Switching on the torch he swung round in time to see in its thin beam a blast of hot , dust-laden smoke belch past the opening of the short passageway and spill in towards him . |