Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.

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1 REPUBLIC of Ireland midfield star Roy Keane was set to announce today that he will be joining Blackburn in time for the start of the new Premier League season .
2 And there is still another way of understanding time , which is that when a mother gives birth , she is giving birth to time itself , to a ‘ life-time ’ , and she is thus in some sense beyond time itself .
3 She is beyond time , and yet she is giving birth to time itself At the moment of birth , her baby is the very youngest member of the human race , its star of hope and its future .
4 In negative and interrogative contexts , on the other hand , the event 's taking place in time is denied or questioned .
5 The issues are even more complicated if , as in this book , one is exploring developments through time and comparing different media .
6 ‘ When I bullied you into accepting my terms to get you out of gaol , my only concern was reaching Athens in time for my meeting . ’
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