Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In only 13 days , Nijinsky 's shattered nerves could not recover in time for the Champion Stakes . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But production of the modified machine could not start in time . |
| 4 | In particular , the area of the event horizon , the boundary of the black hole , could not decrease with time . |
| 5 | In that case , the universe would already be in a state of complete disorder , so disorder could not increase with time . |
| 6 | ‘ I could not come in time ! ’ |
| 7 | Policeman says : He tried to dip his headlights for an oncoming car then saw horses in the road and just could n't stop in time so ploughed into them . |
| 8 | The train could n't stop in time and he was n't there by the time we had reversed . |
| 9 | The train could n't stop in time and he was n't there by the time we had reversed . |
| 10 | That NT is in the gameplan is not disputed by Sun , though Silvestri admits only to talks with Microsoft about the business parameters of such a venture — other flavours of Unix could even feature over time . |