Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] time for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We shall just about be home in time for lunch , ’ said Angela . |
| 2 | The management became worried that if the calls for encores were to continue the opera , with its three ballets , lasting six hours , would be so long that the nobility would not be home in time for supper . |
| 3 | She should be out in time for Christmas . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . " |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | A note left taped to the fridge informed Leonora that her sister would be back in time for supper . |
| 8 | You 'll be back in time for dinner . |
| 9 | Business in Coleraine , she said , he would be back in time for dinner . |
| 10 | ‘ If you put your foot down , we could be back in time for pud . ’ |