Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course I 've sent specimens to Forensic but you can take it from me that he died of strychnine poisoning ; a fairly hefty dose but he 'd been living on borrowed time any way . |
| 2 | She 's been living on borrowed time for a long while . |
| 3 | If the petition has not been served within sufficient time or at all , the petition creditor can apply for an adjournment but must give the reason why the petition has not been served ( r 6.28 ) . |
| 4 | I did n't realise that Dad was home early that afternoon because he had been put on short time and had had to take a drop in wages in consequence . |
| 5 | At Ford , where workers across the country have been put on short time because of the slump in demand , the feeling was that car tax should have been scrapped much sooner . |
| 6 | When enforcement was sought in Germany , the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf , holding itself required to examine the matter for itself under Article 27(2) of the Brussels Convention , held that service had not been effected in sufficient time to allow the defendant to make a defence . |