Example sentences of "make [pers pn] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if surfers could no longer make those connections through space , they made them through time . |
| 2 | The killing of Polanski 's wife — who was in her last month of pregnancy and carrying a ‘ perfectly formed ’ baby son , also murdered — along with three friends and a totally unconnected young man of eighteen who had been visiting a caretaker living in the grounds , naturally caused Polanski extreme mental torture , made worse by the knowledge that he had promised to return to the house himself and had not made it in time . |
| 3 | As we moored up the late shipping forecast was giving warnings of south-easterly gales for the area , so we had just made it in time . |
| 4 | Even then , they did n't always make it on time . |
| 5 | ‘ Ah 'd have liked to take a look around the Archaeological Museum , but Ah fear we 'd never make it in time through the rush-hour traffic . |
| 6 | ‘ Can I make it in time ? ’ |
| 7 | With the traffic jams in Sandwich I doubt if you 'll make it in time . |
| 8 | We thought he might not quite make it in time . |
| 9 | In fact , Shiona very nearly did n't make it in time . |
| 10 | Oh , a man 's pressed the button we ca n't make it in time . |
| 11 | We made it on time — just — thanks to our car phones . |
| 12 | Luckily , I made it in time . |
| 13 | ‘ And your brother made it in time for the birth ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I hope Big Ben and the convoy made it in time . ’ |
| 15 | It did not occur to the Jones that , for example , they were now insisting unswervingly on an 8pm bedtime , and that now Olwyn was being rewarded ( the bedtime story ) for making it on time . |
| 16 | But if she had to start looking for the owner of the Bentley who , she guessed , was probably somewhere in the hotel , she did n't have a hope of making it in time . |