Example sentences of "in time [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thanks to the intervention and wise counsel of an Edinburgh specialist in prints , we learnt just in time that we had a very valuable collection which should be sold complete . |
| 2 | Danger signals arise when the normal pain and unhappiness that accompanies all emotional growth enlarges to become a depression which you simply can not shift , particularly if you feel ( for more than a passing moment ) that there 's nothing left to live for — or if you realise in time that you 've stopped being able to look after yourself . |
| 3 | The nucleus of a 14 C atom is unstable so there is a finite probability at any instant in time that it will decay . |
| 4 | To do that , it assesses the difference in intensity of the sound in each ear and the infinitesimal difference in time that it takes to reach one ear before the other . |
| 5 | It was incredible , so incredible , so lost in time that it did something to me — changed my perspective , my outlook , something strange that even now I barely understand . |
| 6 | Do you feel at this point in time that it 's all been worth it ? |
| 7 | Well I think they will be back in time but they 'll |
| 8 | Hearing a slight sound , a scraping noise through the wall , Alida , though she ignored it , stiffened her corseted thighs , Aunt Fosters , her mother 's last surviving sister , might have had the wit and grace to die in time but it was not a family trait . |
| 9 | Most obviously it means that the ‘ birds ’ sang at a previous moment in time but it could also mean the time of year , the time of the poet 's life , and most strikingly , it could be another word connected with death . |
| 10 | That managed competition may increase in time but it is stretching credibility a long way to suggest that a company that accounts for more than 96 per cent . |
| 11 | Yeah I , I do n't think he 's making it that , that much worse than it is , I think it is still quite bad at this point in time but it 's you know , since revolution yes the landlords still hold |
| 12 | But erm yes sometimes you 'd , you 'd get there in time but you see they 'd just , I , there , there were n't the telephones about in those days so you , you , you could n't , everybody did n't have a phone , they could n't ring in an and say I 'm in labour . |
| 13 | I know she 'll learn in time but I want her to avoid the pitfalls . ’ |
| 14 | So we have put a marker in the ground and said we are not going to move forward in the production investment phase until we are satisfied that we have a fixed price at that point so we are actually going to cap our liabilities for Eurofighter with a max price for the whole of the remainder of the programme and then we will fix the price and hopefully get some economies from fixing at that point in time before we move forward into the next phase . |
| 15 | Then he dropped his arms as the music changed back to a funky disco beat , and without his support she stumbled , only just managing to catch herself in time before she fell against him . |
| 16 | The environment that gave us opportunity was so dissimilar from that of the present as to seem more remote in time than it is . |
| 17 | He 's gon na try but he 's not sure if he 'll get up in time cos he 'll be doing an essay in the night . |
| 18 | At particular market in time whilst we agree as the board that we should employ someone and we intend to employ someone we just think at this particular moment in time it is very difficult for us to actually raise that sort of money on a regular basis . |
| 19 | Almost called you a witch there but I stopped just in time because it 's not |
| 20 | The balance of this er well the community groups we do n't feel it 's right to spend that money at this point in time until we 've sorted out er where the other four hundred odd thousand pounds is actually going in that budget before we start throwing even more money . |
| 21 | It , it 's also a chain , from what you 're going on about , people regarding the service , I mean everyone 's had a bit , not just the erm , it , it 's the purchase managers more than the er , people who pay our premiums , they are just in time and we stood up to be shot at if we do n't pay the service , or put a big ones maybe , they 'll have half a carton of raw material left for that machine , so they 'll order an item for tomorrow morning , well they 're not to blame for the service , T N T's to blame for the service if we do n't get it erm , |
| 22 | And when you look far into space , you 're also looking back in time and we 're looking back when we look at the very most distant objects . |
| 23 | Mina got the tip-off just in time and they became U-boats , went underground . |
| 24 | The train could n't stop in time and he was n't there by the time we had reversed . |
| 25 | The train could n't stop in time and he was n't there by the time we had reversed . |
| 26 | I am aware of the difficult times that other theatre companies who actually face in this moment in time and I am very grateful when I and I 've always been grateful to the Harlow Council for the funding of the Council has given to the theatre , has given to the theatre over the years . |
| 27 | We escaped just in time and it was downhill all the way to Narvik . |
| 28 | There 's a CP freight train due behind it but I got Sudbury in time and it is n't leaving there . |
| 29 | in time and it 's been going for about five years . |
| 30 | Women who stay and work through their partner 's betrayal may , says Penny Mansfield , regain trust in time if they both grow from the experience and become different people . |