Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun] in time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ I can hear my readers saying , ‘ but you can not possibly suppose that all the totalitarian states which have come into existence in times ancient and modern have been the result of faulty socialization and nothing more . ’ |
| 2 | This was the cockpit , used for cock-fighting in times past . |
| 3 | These were used as retreats in times of attack and for clandestine communication between the religious houses . |
| 4 | Like the pots and pan marches in Chile , when right-wing women took to the streets to protest against the Allende Popular Unity government , the ultra-right.in El Salvador has called upon women in times of political emergency . |
| 5 | In view of this Robinson suggests that such double spit forms were originally baymouth bars which have been breached by waves in times of great storms . |
| 6 | A broad middle section of self-employed tradesmen formed the backbone of this urban society , but nearly 50 per cent of those who were taxed were dependent on their wages and were likely to be reduced to poverty in times of depression . |
| 7 | Assuming the UK fiscal régime remains benevolent to new production and the 90 new fields necessary are brought on stream in time , then the UK will still have a net self-sufficiency in oil by the year 2000 . |
| 8 | Thanks to Zhukov , critical Khrushchev supporters were brought to Moscow in time for the Central Committee meeting which then overturned the Politburo 's verdict . |
| 9 | And Dons boss Joe Kinnear reckons the time has come for Fashanu to be reconsidered by England in time for next month 's World Cup qualifier against Norway at Wembley . |
| 10 | Lessons that should have been learned from two similar collisions at Bellgrove in Glasgow and Hyde near Manchester , were not taken on board in time . |
| 11 | Lessons that should have been learned from two similar collisions at Bellgrove in Glasgow and Hyde near Manchester , were not taken on board in time . |
| 12 | Aliki had returned from Cyprus in time to cater for the event , but nobody displayed much appetite for the food she had prepared and most departed as soon as decency permitted . |
| 13 | By Ottoman reckoning Molla Fenari would have been twenty in Safar 770 , and it is perhaps possible to suppose that he could have returned from Egypt in time to be appointed at the end of the year . |
| 14 | It appears in a new range of books ( Birthday Book , Address Book , Book of Days , Book of Secrets ) published by Pavilion in time for Valentine 's Day to complement Love , Penhaligon 's latest Scented Treasury of Verse and Prose . |