Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | At breakfast she occasionally annoyed us by reeling off lists of groceries we were all to pick up during the day and bring home in time for dinner . |
| 2 | The graphs are un-cluttered and broken down into time , weight and distance categories . |
| 3 | And I mean the actual the U K market those in those areas is quite developed and has got quite a reputation but obviously it has got to be able to develop develop and adapt accordingly over time . |
| 4 | It was finally fixed in place and glazed just in time for a christening and the first flower festival to be held for a while . |
| 5 | Apparently it has been similar to the crew of a huge tanker somewhere on the high seas sailing hither and tither no doubt , for four long years after setting out , and returning just in time for the recent elections . |
| 6 | Stretch marks are a normal reaction to the skin stretching to accommodate the growing baby , and fade away in time . |
| 7 | She felt her eyelids dropping and woke just in time to feel her hand being tugged towards the throbbing drums . |
| 8 | Entering it he could imagine her sitting there in the summer days and evenings , working on the papers which she occasionally contributed to ornithological journals and looking up from time to time to gaze out over the headland to the sea and the far horizon , could see again that carved , weather-browned Aztec face with its hooded eyes under the grey-black hair , drawn back into a bun , could hear again a voice which , for him , had been one of the most beautiful female voices he had ever heard . |
| 9 | I like Ian McKewan , Martin Amis , and going back in time Victor Pritchett , Elizabeth Bowen . |
| 10 | Another theory suggests that an intended victim was at his chamber pot , relieving himself after vast quantities of ale , and turned around in time to see his bed at a perilous angle . |
| 11 | These ‘ fireside ’ monologues emerge from an assortment of inter-related characters and jump back through time to poor white Adam , ( Nature 's mistake ) . |
| 12 | try and get out on time me old boy . |
| 13 | But now , get yourself away and get back on time if you want to get off early tonight . |
| 14 | You did very well to have gone birthday and get home in time for , whatever time it was you did |
| 15 | The union did everything possible to convince the government that this had done no more than mop up previously persistent unemployment in the industry and to persuade its members to join their ships , and to do so on time , so that their departures should not be delayed . |
| 16 | He plunged on the bomber and raked it from tail to nose ; then let his dive carry him under it and pulled up in time to plant a burst in its belly before climbing into a half-roll which brought the next plane almost within range . |
| 17 | This article explains how you can rapidly increase your finds rate by putting yourself on the saddle of an imaginary bicycle and travelling back in time to the turn-of-the-century . |
| 18 | Disruption was minimal with the backing plant up and running again in time for the factory re-opening . |
| 19 | The other two had taken the warning , and reined in in time . |
| 20 | If they have an appointment with somebody they try and turn up on time or if they are going to be late , they ring up and apologise . |
| 21 | The others were found and defused just in time . |
| 22 | It is the ideal place to forget the worries of the 20th century and step back in time , and the apartments offered at the Castel Cortevecchio all provide a relaxed and comfortable holiday base in the heart of this unspoilt , unhurried countryside . |
| 23 | James Menzies had locked up his warehouse for the day and come over in time to be included in the lengthening list . |
| 24 | In early 1986 Norman still had those sickening chip-ins to come , but he was already gaining the reputation of being a great player who could not win a major championship — the mantle to be taken on , and shrugged off in time , by Curtis Strange . |
| 25 | Swaying slightly and humming tunelessly in time with the tinny notes of the recording , Duclos waited until the door closed quietly behind her , then made his way unsteadily back to his seat . |