Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wandered in from time to time looking , usually , for something which was out of print or which no other bookseller had come around to stocking . |
| 2 | Implicitly , exit costs exceeded costs of entry , largely due to the sunk costs of contacts , reputation and privileged access to information on market movements ( on the demand side ) and expertise ( on the cost side ) built up over time . |
| 3 | Louisa crashed back into time . |
| 4 | They came up in time to see the penultimate line-up . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The Sandrat darted back in time to avoid the spear of flame from the torch , and flung a handful of sand at Miss Liberty . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ No , ’ he said with a grin , ‘ today I turned up on time . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I arrived back in time to pipe out the Brigadier , and judging by his jovial manner he must have enjoyed his meal . |
| 12 | He turned back in time to see Nell and Delaney step out of the lift . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | So they need fresh enemies ordered up from time to time just to keep their chins jutting . |
| 16 | You can expect 24–hour room service served up on time and with the minimum of fuss . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Apart from the measly sums she doled out from time to time , the allowance was Benedict 's by right , for it was left in trust for him by her husband . |
| 21 | Jul Julian got out in time . |
| 22 | The precarious nature of the human effort to balance is steadied by the strength of the love of God which itself leapt down into time to show it could be done . |
| 23 | He plunged on the bomber and raked it from tail to nose ; then let his dive carry him under it and pulled up in time to plant a burst in its belly before climbing into a half-roll which brought the next plane almost within range . |
| 24 | Nowadays it is thought that not much new water is generated by volcanoes or by hot springs and vapours , which speeded up in time through land-ocean changes and continental drift ; the vast majority of this is today believed to be recycled hydrospheric water . |
| 25 | I was one of the lucky ones because they were having done that the others in fact left it until later and in fact they took , they , they called up for time . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The other two had taken the warning , and reined in in time . |
| 28 | We took off on time , but we had unknowingly booked on to the milk run . |
| 29 | I looked up in time to see him place his cap on his head and look round the kitchen , patting his pockets as he did so . |
| 30 | Eight years ago the plant had 27 production controllers and nothing ever went out on time . |