Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doubting whether the traffic jam would have cleared by Wednesday , I finally arrived in time to miss my dental appointment and searched my mind for something pleasant to think of as I rejoined the traffic and inched my way back to the cottage . |
| 2 | Among them was a young officer who was riding a mule ( which stubbornly stopped from time to time ) and roaring with laughter . |
| 3 | And you always worked by time in stables , you 'd get out at say , you went at six o'clock , you got out till seven and were out two hours , that 's seven , eight , nine . |
| 4 | And she even dropped from time to time the odd and flattering hint about the unique nature of her interest . |
| 5 | The next morning — or soon , anyway — Spunk was beamed up on to the bridge of the low-lying spaceship by the mischievous , conical , beep-voiced aliens , who then travelled through time and beamed Spunk down again into Greenwich Village , 1980 . |
| 6 | We just seemed to time it wrong with the weather . |
| 7 | Except in winter , when heavy snow sometimes delayed us and another engine had to come to the rescue , we generally arrived on time at Parma. just occasionally a tram car went off the rails ; perhaps Camera was overcome by the thrill of speed . |
| 8 | The words of the Spell picked just that moment to surface from the depths of his mind , as they always did in time of crisis . |
| 9 | He often did at times of emotional crisis . |
| 10 | At first he thought it might be the Headmaster but even if he ran to check , he never arrived in time to find out who , or what it was . |