Example sentences of "were [adv] [verb] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The largely vertical tears , ranging from 20 to 60 cm in length , were successfully repaired in time for the opening of the exhibition . |
| 2 | In the event two of the five timed deliveries were not made on time and the sailings were lost . |
| 3 | A few units , inevitably , were not warned in time , the radio messages and despatch riders did not get through , but nothing serious happened , a few more border incidents at dawn , adding to a list already long , was all . |
| 4 | When the promised sprinters were not delivered on time , when the fares increased in proportion to the decline in reliability , when children are stranded because trains have broken down , when Conservative-controlled Suffolk county council subsidises the late night train , and when central Government grant for British Rail goes up , yet the service is still like a lottery , I despaired , I despair , and I will continue to despair until we give individuals , travellers , employees and taxpayers a real incentive to make it work — the freedom to succeed in the private sector . |
| 5 | Romney Marsh was flooded as a defence against both Napoleon and Hitler , and Calais was lost in 1557 in part because the sluices were not opened in time to flood out the besiegers . |
| 6 | The pursuit of good living is not the innocent thing you would like it to be , my dear ; you were n't born in time to watch my compatriots during the war , the energies they put into it , the boys dying Pour La Patrie while the family at home fought about L'Héritage and assured the survival of La Bonne Cuisine . |