Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were just in time … |
| 2 | We were just in time to watch the evening rush hour . |
| 3 | But by a kindly error of the doorman 's watch they were just in time . |
| 4 | Luckily we were still in time to get into the RADA auditions , which I did and got a letter from them saying ‘ not only are you rejected but we strongly advise you to think about another career ’ . |
| 5 | Sounds of movement behind me suggested she was just in time . |
| 6 | The glider dived almost vertically and I was just in time to pull back on the stick so that we hit the ground in a level attitude without any damage . |
| 7 | On August 6 … he reported to an officer in London and was told that he was just in time to catch the 3.06 p.m. train to Bletchley where he would be met by someone . |
| 8 | ‘ You can tell your squeamish friend he was just in time with his tripod . |
| 9 | Mr Knightley had arrived home in grand — if not entirely dignified — style , and luckily he was just in time to decide whether or not the quarry project should go ahead . |
| 10 | Nutty , last to disappear , was just in time to hear the visitor say , ‘ Why , how brown he is ! |
| 11 | In a few quick strides I was back at the bend , and was just in time to see a movement in the bushes on the lower side of the track . |
| 12 | She was just in time to catch the overnight Red Eye for Heathrow . |
| 13 | Turning , Meredith was just in time to glimpse a man standing by one of the loose-boxes . |
| 14 | He followed the sound and was just in time to see the gunman climbing a wire fence at the end of an adjoining alleyway . |
| 15 | In the first room he looked into , the window space had already been commandeered by two native pensioners and an indigo planter ; in the next room he was just in time to see the camel guns fired … the sofa recoiled on its protesting castors and the men serving the guns set to work to re-load . |
| 16 | Our arrival was just in time to take off again , so that I had no opportunity for a rest , a meal or anything else . |
| 17 | I rushed out again and was just in time to catch the afternoon coach . |
| 18 | I was just in time to glimpse a pale shape at the far end of the house move up the steps and under the colonnade . |
| 19 | I withdrew to my cabin , to find that I was just in time for a repeat episode of Garry Garrison , Para-space Pilot . |
| 20 | It was 03.17 and I was just in time to see him climb into a waiting car and drive off . |
| 21 | Tumbling blearily on deck in my pyjamas I was confronted by the huge bulk of a klondyke trawler ramming alongside us , and I was just in time to see her huge fender catch our motor dory and sink her where she was tied to our stern . |
| 22 | Rincewind reached the Broken Drum at a dead run , and was just in time to collide with a man who came out backwards , fast . |
| 23 | His head jerked round and he was just in time to see the pack stream out from the bushes only thirty yards away , noses still glued to the invisible trail they were following , and lope swiftly towards the house . |
| 24 | Stuart turned to speak and was just in time to see the man snatch the plastic bin from the young assistant and run back towards the door . |
| 25 | She was just in time to hear the street door slam , two floors below . |
| 26 | I was just in time to see the Sierra hang a left once over the railway . |
| 27 | It was just in time too as both boats were drifting slowly |
| 28 | She was just in time for the tail end of the early evening news , and her attention was immediately caught . |
| 29 | I was just in time for Sunday night , bath , hair wash and all the usual things |
| 30 | And I was still in time for my 13.15 departure to Sunderland across the footbridge . |