Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wandered in from time to time looking , usually , for something which was out of print or which no other bookseller had come around to stocking . |
| 2 | I arrived back in time to pipe out the Brigadier , and judging by his jovial manner he must have enjoyed his meal . |
| 3 | ‘ No , ’ he said with a grin , ‘ today I turned up on time . ’ |
| 4 | I looked up in time to see him place his cap on his head and look round the kitchen , patting his pockets as he did so . |
| 5 | There is no doubt that this was the main reason why I delayed accepting a promotion post until it was too late and I ran out of time . |
| 6 | I wrote off to Time Out and in early February 1981 found myself surrounded by eight or nine other blind socialists discussing the formation of the Alternative Talking Newspapers Collective . |
| 7 | Apart from the measly sums she doled out from time to time , the allowance was Benedict 's by right , for it was left in trust for him by her husband . |
| 8 | We took off on time , but we had unknowingly booked on to the milk run . |
| 9 | As we droned back in time from one lost place to another , I fondly remembered what had previously seemed by bad travel stories . |
| 10 | This process would be repeated until we ran out of time , cards or interest in what we were doing . |
| 11 | Erm we do n't see a great deal of difference that they 've had the same problem as we 've had , in that we ran out of time before we could put the er finished act together properly . |
| 12 | They came up in time to see the penultimate line-up . |
| 13 | I was one of the lucky ones because they were having done that the others in fact left it until later and in fact they took , they , they called up for time . |
| 14 | — but they ran out of time |
| 15 | Good one too , from Defender , Shawn Taylor , but they ran out of time chasing the equaliser . |
| 16 | Before the American tour , John had already prepared his next new production , and he came back in time to supervise the final rehearsals before its premiere at Sadler 's Wells on 20 December . |
| 17 | He turned back in time to see Nell and Delaney step out of the lift . |
| 18 | Switching on the torch he swung round in time to see in its thin beam a blast of hot , dust-laden smoke belch past the opening of the short passageway and spill in towards him . |
| 19 | Kicking down the side-rest as he jumped clear , he spun round in time to see Mariana slide down the bank . |
| 20 | Only he ran out of time . |
| 21 | I do n't know how many years had There 's a chap in the village , Jim , he might be remember , but he ran out of time too , to win the cup I think . |