Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Television arrived here only in time for Christmas 1986 . |
| 2 | The next county was Denbigh , in those days before the ‘ bigger-is-better ’ shuffle took place , and we arrived there just in time to have the door of the first pub shut in our faces with the sort of clank against which pleas and arguments would be obviously unrewarding . |
| 3 | As he reached the cabin , the door swung open just in time . |
| 4 | Henry marvelled once again at time . |
| 5 | This was just as well , for I saw only just in time a hen crossing my path in the most leisurely manner . |
| 6 | A common agricultural policy had been on the agenda of Europe ever since Sicco Mansholt had put forward an early version to the Council of Europe in 1950 , though its roots lay further back in time in a series of discussions sponsored by the European Movement . |
| 7 | A combined force of commandos got there just in time and blew the base to smithereens , finally blowing up the overhang on top of the smoking remains . |
| 8 | The Author has taken this one crash and delved deeply back in time to reveal the stories of 25 pilots that are known to have flown this particular Spitfire . |
| 9 | The two men who came in were old friends of hers , rich American connoisseurs who had made their home in Paris before the war and left only just in time . |