Example sentences of "home [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike other single women , Elaine can not stay out late at night : she has to be home in time to be put to bed by a nurse . |
| 2 | Trying to compose myself , I got back home in time to make tea , but could do nothing except collapse sobbing in my mother 's arms . |
| 3 | Although Joe Nichols in the New York Times wrote that ‘ Lester Piggott rode with the competence that has stamped him as one of the world 's great riders , and brought his mount home in time ’ , the Washington Post thought that ‘ there could be fault-finding with Piggott 's tactics in tucking in on the rail and not asking his mount for more of the effort he had in reserve ’ . |
| 4 | Mrs Goodhaven went to a committee meeting , then home in time to be there when you telephoned . |
| 5 | He is also the epitome of the New Man , and has been known to leave his office to arrive home in time to bath his daughter , Mary-Claire , and read her a story before bed . |
| 6 | Wives also chose afternoons : the bulk of the outside work and the housework being finished they could attend knowing they would arrive home in time for the children returning from school . |
| 7 | By the time I got to the last rocker I had been out of the garage , round the block three times , back up the drive and home in time for teal Is there any way I can turn the engine over without moving the vehicle ? |
| 8 | The management became worried that if the calls for encores were to continue the opera , with its three ballets , lasting six hours , would be so long that the nobility would not be home in time for supper . |
| 9 | The whole walk took in excess of nine hours , so not one to consider if you want to make it home in time for Blind Date . |
| 10 | ‘ We shall just about be home in time for lunch , ’ said Angela . |
| 11 | At breakfast she occasionally annoyed us by reeling off lists of groceries we were all to pick up during the day and bring home in time for dinner . |
| 12 | Built at the start of hostilities , facing the estuary , it was now used by playing children , courting couples , and the odd customers who , thanks to Knocker 's cider , had been taken short and decided not to risk trying to get home in time . |
| 13 | Jennifer realised that she would have to run for her train if she was to be home in time ; Steven had booked a table at their favourite restaurant and was due to pick her up at 7.30 . |
| 14 | But he was always sure to be back home in time for dinner every night . |
| 15 | Then back to the majlis for coffee again , and home in time for noon prayers . |
| 16 | Got home in time to watch the last couple of overs on the television , but then discovered that the highlights were not on TV until 1am . |
| 17 | That evening , knowing that David was dining out , Anthony came home in time to have dinner with Comfort and looked in to talk to Julia before changing out of his hospital clothes . |
| 18 | She got the 7.15 bus , feeling an anxious as a mother who is n't home in time for when her little boy comes back from school . |
| 19 | If I can get three or four dishes into the freezer I can do a dinner party without worrying about being home in time to cook . ’ |
| 20 | A delighted Jatinder said : ‘ Gurinder will be home in time for my dad 's birthday and well in time for the birth of our baby . ’ |
| 21 | It was a Wednesday morning and she walked on the beach before dawn , early so she could dawdle all the way to the fish lines and be home in time to make breakfast and get her gran up and doing . |
| 22 | He informed them that Stella had not only had her appendix , but also her gall bladder removed , and that he would be home in time to attend to the next horse trek arranged for Saturday . |
| 23 | Our children , 9 , and , 10 , are still asleep , but I take a cup to my wife before leaving home in time to arrive at the Grain Terminal before 7.00 am . |
| 24 | The kid was back home in time for lunch . ’ |
| 25 | Must make sure we get home in time to watch it . ’ |
| 26 | Then tomorrow evening I 'll get home in time to see my son awake , in time to cook a meal , in time to get to grips with things . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , but will it get me home in time to see Coronation Street tonight ? ’ |
| 28 | The judge knew this man of old : he was the pit-bull of the legal profession , attacking any weak spots with devastating precision , and seeing him ended the Judge 's faint glimmer of hope that he might just get home in time for the football . |
| 29 | Yeah if he 's home in time . |
| 30 | You did very well to have gone birthday and get home in time for , whatever time it was you did |