Example sentences of "in time [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The postulate put forward in this study is that the potential meaning of to before the infinitive is more abstract than that found in the spatial use of the preposition , and can be stated as follows : the possibility of a movement from a point in time conceived as a before-position to another point in time which marks the end-point of the movement and which represents an after-position with respect to the first . |
| 2 | We recommend that most desktop PCs should in time connect to a single Ethernet network , with appropriate security for sensitive data , such as Personnel records . |
| 3 | This apparently backward causality , if true , would cause problems for identity theories of mind and has been used by dualists like John Eccles to support their position , with the backward step in time made by a non-physical mind . |
| 4 | She slowly regained her strength in the latter part of the year , just in time to cope with a winter season and no designer . |
| 5 | ‘ How d' you do , Mr Bodenland , you are in time to listen to a little revision ! ’ |
| 6 | The former Prime Minister flew back from America on Thursday just in time to embark on a royal progress through London 's Tory drawing rooms . |
| 7 | The friends , all from the Meadowfield and Brandon area of County Durham , had stayed overnight on their way home and had made an early start to get back in time to play in a Sunday League fixture for their local pub team . |
| 8 | Rincewind reached the Broken Drum at a dead run , and was just in time to collide with a man who came out backwards , fast . |