Example sentences of "be [adv prt] in time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had n't arrived yet , because they had been held up in the traffic , but they would be along in time for an early lunch . |
| 2 | Are you sure you 'll be up in time to get there by nine o'clock ? ’ |
| 3 | I went back to my room , trying to forget about my brother ; I wanted to get to bed early so that I could be up in time for the naming ceremony of the new catapult . |
| 4 | Well yeah , no I 've light bulbs I mean I could make you a list down but it does n't matter I can get that tomorrow Ann I 'll go down tomorrow you know , I 'll be up in time . |
| 5 | him but er he might not be up in time anyway , cos he 's got a lot of work to do and he thinks he might be up all night tonight , in which case , he wo n't be getting up very early in the morning . |
| 6 | She should be out in time for Christmas . |
| 7 | ‘ Saving your presence sir , ’ said Sergeant Bramble , ‘ I tried to explain that there was nothing amiss and that you 'd be back in time for supper with Miss Nicole . |
| 8 | A resident at the C.I.C. hut could easily do a spot of rock-climbing , nip into Fort William to indulge in some leisurely shopping for tartan gonks and still be back in time for a sing-song round the primus stove . |
| 9 | But today he had asked if he could have a quarter of an hour extension and her father had said he would be back in time to take over . |
| 10 | With four flights a day from Manchester to Paris you could literally fly out for lunch and be back in time for ‘ Match of the Day ’ . |
| 11 | No , if only their courage held , they would be back in time for the lecture at twelve noon , each with a solid alibi . |
| 12 | Weightlifters Andrew Saxton and Andrew Davies were hoping to be back in time for their events tomorrow and on Monday . |
| 13 | Senga shouted and dashed out into the hall , almost colliding with Gerard , the butler " That 's Patrick , " she said quickly , " he said he would be back in time for lunch . " |
| 14 | ‘ Well , David , we 'd better be off if we 're to be back in time for this afternoon 's session . ’ |
| 15 | He intended , as he hurried out , to be back in time to clear up before his Mum got back . |
| 16 | Gardiner said : ‘ I 'll be happy to be back in time for the climax . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ If you put your foot down , we could be back in time for pud . ’ |
| 18 | You 'll be back in time for dinner . |
| 19 | Business in Coleraine , she said , he would be back in time for dinner . |
| 20 | June Roberts said she 'd gone out in the car , saying nothing except that she 'd be back in time for cocktails at the Clarkes ' as she had promised , a business thing for Samuel . |
| 21 | I 'll be back in time to take you to the studio , so do n't worry about that . ’ |
| 22 | A note left taped to the fridge informed Leonora that her sister would be back in time for supper . |
| 23 | You could go to Newcastle or York shopping and be back in time to do the school run . |
| 24 | And it got , in the end , actually , if I was , if I had to do something that was urgent or I had to go somewhere I used to have to say to her something like , you know , erm oh I better get on , I got a lot to do this morning , or I 'm goi I 've to be shopping and be back in time to cook Jim 's dinner or something like that cos he 's starting , oh I 've got ta have his dinner ready at twelve before he goes to work and if I really was pushed otherwise she would have come in every day . |
| 25 | Well I think they will be back in time but they 'll |
| 26 | I might be back in time to see you before coffee if not I 'll see you |
| 27 | They seem very confident they 'll be back in time do n't they ? |