Example sentences of "[vb past] just [prep] time [verb] " in BNC.

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1 She felt her eyelids dropping and woke just in time to feel her hand being tugged towards the throbbing drums .
2 According to Special Branch , very violent treatment was meted out in the foyer to the men removed by the Black-shirts ; the police intervened just in time to prevent serious injury .
3 He turned just in time to see the coffin sink below the surface of the waves .
4 I turned just in time to see the storm-door across the landing shutting gently .
5 We arrived just in time to see the first members of the brass band — a trombone and a tuba — come round the corner of the lane .
6 A cops and robbers chase through the docks with our official mini caught him in the act of phoning home , where we arrived just in time to stop his wife disposing of a large bag of goodies .
7 Mr. S. returned just in time to see the respondent carrying the goods towards the door .
8 Guiltily realizing that she had n't finished yet , Jezrael leaped just in time to rewind the cuber .
9 But the plan failed when Mrs Jones awoke just in time to save her life .
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