Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [verb] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The puddings are unpacked in the morning , driven over to the hospital kitchens for steaming and collected in time for dinner . |
| 2 | Quick wit and cleverness at school had shifted him quickly from his roots in the Belfast underclass , and his natural proclivities had led him to the theatre set , a wee bit of acting and extra-work from time to time , usually as a gunman or a thug and once , memorably , as a rather well-fed hungerstriker . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The ghostly cloud hung beneath the nets , tumbling and churning in time to the pulsing rhythm of the music . |
| 5 | In essence , culture is a distinctive way of life of a people , not biologically transmitted but learned behaviour that is passed on from one generation to the next , evolving and changing over time . |