Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] time [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Two weeks , ’ she managed to articulate , and then stood there , mouth clamped , feet rooted , as though turned to a pillar of salt , as though the deep deep boredom of childhood had reclaimed her , had rendered her helpless and speechless and powerless , the child in the attic , praying for time to pass and blood to flow . |
| 2 | After long negotiations he purchased the Doncaster race clubhouse , opening in time to provide food and accommodation for racegoers attending the St Leger meeting of 1828 . |
| 3 | Obviously completing joint statements booking in time to go on the computers to get them typed up nicely |
| 4 | GUIL : ( Returning in time to take it up ) But with much forcing of his disposition . |
| 5 | Calls full of anguish , of him confessing his love for her , while imploring for time to explore his spiritual struggle . |
| 6 | She gabbled something polite and slunk out of the door , just remembering in time to bid everybody goodbye . |
| 7 | The Middlesbrough group of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society is racing against time to save the TV time lord from an enforced break by his masters , the BBC . |
| 8 | Doctors are racing against time to save the life of a former nurse from south Oxfordshire who desperately needs a lung transplant . |
| 9 | THE family of little Sam Hayton are racing against time to raise the cash required for pioneering eye surgery to enable him to see . |
| 10 | As presentation day grew closer with Mark racing against time to complete the plan and finalise the slide illustrations , so Klepner read and re-read it until he had almost learnt it off by heart . |
| 11 | POLICE are racing against time to find five stolen canisters of rodent poison so deadly it can not be handled without breathing apparatus . |
| 12 | Doctors are racing against time to try to save the life of a former nurse from South Oxfordshire who desperately needs a lung transplant . |
| 13 | Official denials by the Argentine Foreign Office were interpreted as playing for time to avoid loss of face . |
| 14 | However , after a second round of US-PLO talks in Tunis on March 22 , 1989 , the PLO leadership expressed fears that the USA lacked a specific programme for resolving the Palestinian issue , and was playing for time to secure a halt to the intifada ( " uprising " ) . |
| 15 | A DYING lung cancer victim is fighting against time to finish his evidence for his £500,000 test case against a tobacco company he blames for his illness . |
| 16 | Day 1 : Early flight , arriving in time to walk round and get orientated . |
| 17 | Eleanor Thorne jerked her head on the pillow and opened her eyes , awakening in time to hear the echo of her own voice . |
| 18 | The raid however took only ten minutes and the thieves escaped undetected after sawing through iron bars on a basement window to enter , removing the eight works and fleeing in time to avoid the police cordon flung round the city . |