Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] in time to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dexter had allowed himself to be hypnotised and still remembered staring into those wide eyes , as blue as the top of a ballpoint pen , with pupils that shrank and swelled in time to the man 's words . |
| 2 | The others took it up , humming or singing , and walked in time to it until old Donald got breathless and they had to saunter for a while . |
| 3 | Through the cloudburst I could see the old men laying out their prayer carpets under the arches , then , on a signal from the mullah , a line of bottoms rose and fell in time to the distant cries of ‘ Allah hu-Akbar ! ’ |
| 4 | Sharp at nine a conch shell sounded and the temple courtyard filled up with Thais , dressed in white trousers with embroidered aprons , chanting and shaking in time to gongs . |
| 5 | The ghostly cloud hung beneath the nets , tumbling and churning in time to the pulsing rhythm of the music . |
| 6 | This is Rupert , a 5 month old Barn Owl who was deserted by his parents at a few days old , but found in time to be saved and hand reared . |