Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] in 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Stretch marks are a normal reaction to the skin stretching to accommodate the growing baby , and fade away in time . |
| 5 | She felt her eyelids dropping and woke just in time to feel her hand being tugged towards the throbbing drums . |
| 6 | I like Ian McKewan , Martin Amis , and going back in time Victor Pritchett , Elizabeth Bowen . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | You did very well to have gone birthday and get home in time for , whatever time it was you did |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Disruption was minimal with the backing plant up and running again in time for the factory re-opening . |
| 12 | The other two had taken the warning , and reined in in time . |
| 13 | The others were found and defused just in time . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | James Menzies had locked up his warehouse for the day and come over in time to be included in the lengthening list . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |