Example sentences of "[verb] in time [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The train could n't stop in time and he was n't there by the time we had reversed . |
| 2 | The train could n't stop in time and he was n't there by the time we had reversed . |
| 3 | Hearing a slight sound , a scraping noise through the wall , Alida , though she ignored it , stiffened her corseted thighs , Aunt Fosters , her mother 's last surviving sister , might have had the wit and grace to die in time but it was not a family trait . |
| 4 | I know she 'll learn in time but I want her to avoid the pitfalls . ’ |
| 5 | That managed competition may increase in time but it is stretching credibility a long way to suggest that a company that accounts for more than 96 per cent . |