Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] on time " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Westerners were impressed that the trains ran on time in Italy , and that unemployment had been solved in Germany , Hitler was preparing for war . |
| 2 | The often-heard statement that Hitler and Mussolini made the trains run on time can be seen — in this context — as a profoundly political one . |
| 3 | One regular passenger said : ‘ Her presence seems to be the only thing that makes the trains run on time . ’ |
| 4 | Being in a position of absolute power , Mussolini did every thing he could to ensure his continuing popularity by constructing autostrade , electrifying railways and making the trains run on time , as well as by such elaborate schemes as draining the Ponrine Marshes , previously infested by malarial mosquitoes , and reclaiming them for agriculture . |
| 5 | All that was fine and good , but in the end it 's not enough to have someone who makes the trains run on time . |
| 6 | Mussolini , he reflected , was reputed to have made the trains run on time if nothing else , and he wondered if it might not be a good idea to offer him a job controlling Britain 's network . |
| 7 | It is a popular story that the Fascists did at least get the trains to run on time , and had that been all things might have turned out for the better , but the Duce also evolved the theory of Italia Irredenta , ‘ Unrecovered Italy ’ . |
| 8 | Throughout the week the races started on time ( except for previously announced postponements ) , the rescue cover was ample and markers included two conspicuous 2m black spheres which seemed hardly to break the surface , so high did they ride . |
| 9 | Last year , the rains came on time in April . |