Example sentences of "time [to-vb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We arrived just in time to see the first members of the brass band — a trombone and a tuba — come round the corner of the lane . |
| 2 | James got to Corunna , where the whole force had been supposed to rendezvous and pick up Ormonde , in time to see the last battered casualties arrive , grateful perhaps that , so soon after his own recent sufferings in the Mediterranean , he had been spared this further ordeal . |
| 3 | PATRICK was back at Royal St. George 's in time to see the last couples finish their rounds . |
| 4 | We could not do the trip in and out of the town in time to catch the last plane that evening , so we were condemned to this place and an early flight . |
| 5 | There 'd still be time to catch the last collection . |
| 6 | It was time to open the next package . |
| 7 | And always it gave time to fit the second shaft and loose the second volley , and redouble the boiling turmoil that was held at a distance by nothing more deadly — but there was nothing more deadly ! — than cloth-yard shafts of wood and steel flighted with a handful of feathers . |
| 8 | yet the revival of his ‘ non-Gilbert ’ works has hardly caught fire in time to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth in London on May 13th 1842 . |
| 9 | However , with the recent completion of the first year of the Chartered Accountants Joint Ethics Committee ( CAJEC ) , this is an appropriate time to consider the first of those three elements — the need for continuing debate inside and outside the profession . |
| 10 | It is time to recognise the last three phases — currently we have concentrated primarily on the first phase . |
| 11 | Jack of Longleigh , Adam of Rochester , and Ydrys obediently fell silent , thinking that perhaps they had arrived in time to witness the last ebbing breaths of their one-time Lucifer . |
| 12 | Got home in time to watch the last couple of overs on the television , but then discovered that the highlights were not on TV until 1am . |
| 13 | The proprietor , Lord Mansfield , arrived on the scene in time to save the last stone . |
| 14 | There must now be a delay before the next step command is issued , so that the motor has time to execute the first step . |
| 15 | Once a target is attained — a building filled , new housegroups established — it is time to move on , time to present the next challenge . |
| 16 | This means it is time to loose the last two arrows and decide whether to aim for the middle of the target to boost your score , or to aim for the outside edge of the target and the chance of winning the Horn Spoon . |
| 17 | This helps to pace the dialogue , model turn-taking , and give the child time to organize the next utterance . |
| 18 | The visiting players have been in England for some days , and all four are becoming understandable twitchy as the time to make the first moves approaches . |
| 19 | The time has wandered on to 11.15 pm and the only person that the august gathering has heard is the MC , but it is now time to introduce the first speaker , who needs little or no introduction . |