Example sentences of "[coord] in time [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After this confrontation they were quite kind , and in time we became good friends . |
| 2 | Mr. and Mrs. Philpot retired to Solva in Pembrokeshire , and in time he became an Independent member of Haverfordwest RDC , and Chairman of the Parish Council . |
| 3 | Therefore , unless hiking with considerable fortitude , the only way to approximate their journey is to take the normal road up as far as Invermoriston and then continue on its south-western fork , the A887 , and in time it becomes the road — or so I presume — ; Johnson and Boswell travelled , the one cut by General Wade , straight across the rising land and emerging a little over half-way along the present road through Glenmoriston . |
| 4 | The whole incident made the short cut longer than the long cut but in time we reached the approach to the camp , much to the relief of Hassan who seemed to have less and less faith in the Second Son 's navigation . |
| 5 | For the first few days the hands and feet become too sore to practise with , but in time they become sufficiently conditioned to withstand the constant impact and calluses begin to develop in the key areas . |
| 6 | Originally , they were the property of the crown , but in time they passed to the local aristocrats . |
| 7 | Of the children Rachel was the worst injured , with tiny pieces of glass from the windscreen in her eyes , but in time she recovered . |
| 8 | She almost apologised , but in time she stopped herself . |
| 9 | On odd nights that would worry me but in time I realised they were the kind of neighbours who never caused a disturbance . |
| 10 | Pandarus ' prose not only proves that he does n't take Troilus seriously , so turning our reaction towards a scepticism that stands off from full involvement , but in time it establishes the speaker as a matter-of-fact fixer , who is not only alien to romance but coarsens whatever he touches . |