Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [prep] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT is high time that we stopped this charade of swearing allegiance to the Queen and her heirs and successors because we do not know from time to time who they are . |
| 2 | The driver can not react in time to the child running unexpectedly into the street . |
| 3 | In only 13 days , Nijinsky 's shattered nerves could not recover in time for the Champion Stakes . |
| 4 | Despite valiant efforts by our physiotherapists , my hamstring did not recover in time for the 200 metres . |
| 5 | After the demise of the telegram , loyal greetings are sent with one white rose via a commercial flower delivery service , but the reply does not arrive in time for lunch any more . |
| 6 | The vagaries of travel to Orkney , however , including the fact that the scheduled flights were all booked up with journalists , meant he could not arrive in time for the ten o'clock start . |
| 7 | This was a shade different to his mood three days ago , when his clubs were left at Heathrow Airport and did not arrive in time for him to compete in Wednesday 's pro-am . |
| 8 | ‘ This train wo n't leave on time as the last two did , and we 'll miss the ferry . ’ |