Example sentences of "[be] [adv] on time " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are hours when you know you need to be somewhere on time — so build in margins for travel . |
| 2 | I said it is quarter past two if you I 'm not pushing you off but you 've got to be somewhere on time . |
| 3 | ‘ So what was so pressing you could n't be here on time ? ’ he enquired sarcastically . |
| 4 | Now you know that this lesson 's particularly difficult for me to be here on time . |
| 5 | ‘ I warn you that I will take steps to prevent you ’ or ‘ I promise that I will be there on time ’ . |
| 6 | Paul , her husband , generally left before seven and had lunch out with one of his friends , while she used her free day to take care of a thousand chores more annoying than the duties of her job : she had to go to the post office and fret for half an hour in a queue , go shopping in the supermarket , where she quarrelled with the saleswoman and wasted time waiting at the check-out , telephone the plumber and plead with him to be precisely on time so that she would n't have to wait the whole day for him . |