Example sentences of "only [verb] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should n't have found a single gun that day — we 'd have buried the lot if we 'd only known in time . ’ |
| 2 | In retrospect , what I found fascinating at the time ( and this feeling has only increased with time and further thought ) was that all the crew just did what I would have told them had I been able to make contact with them . |
| 3 | In any case , he added , people did not show up for the political meetings , only arriving in time for the drinking afterwards . |
| 4 | To undertake this kind of management requires considerable knowledge and close personal relations between central and field workers , qualities only bred of confidence and maturity of judgement which can only come with time . |
| 5 | They were not only revived from time to time in Venice during the next twenty years but performed in a number of other Italian cities . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not a thing , not a work of art to be cherished and admired , a creation whose value will only increase with time , ’ she whispered , wishing she could find the strength to walk away from him , but feeling herself trapped by the powerful presence of his closeness , the warmth of his body , the erotic aura of his total maleness , a strength of spirit which went beyond the mere physical . |