Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] time " in BNC.

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1 At this point I must go back in time to record the beginning of my own friendship with Ivy Compton-Burnett .
2 However , business lunches may crop up from time to time — and also evening invitations which involve dining at restaurants .
3 Peter erm you 'll see around from time to time , he does all the design stuff erm and Christine erm looks after all the hangings and and stuff .
4 He 's gon na try but he 's not sure if he 'll get up in time cos he 'll be doing an essay in the night .
5 I might not always be there exactly when you want me , but I 'll check in from time to time .
6 They might turn up on time and do all the right things , or they might not .
7 ‘ If there are any changes , I 'm sure we 'll find out in time .
8 Well , he could look around in time .
9 But B of course if you did badly in those elections in May the government might have done badly in May , then morale would have been rock bottom of having to go into an election , he would have had to go for an election six weeks later or they 'd run out of time , yeah .
10 She wished she could go back in time , to when she and Jezrael had shared a room and secrets after Mom put the lights out .
11 Or should he just take it off again and hope that she 'd come back in time .
12 For a period , he worked in the Manchester factory from 3am until 5pm , going to bed at 7pm so he could get up in time for the next day 's duty .
13 I said I would be delighted to join them if I could wake up in time ( which I doubted ) , I said not to wait for me , and they promised they would n't .
14 If you could travel back in time to the Middle Ages , you would find yourself surprised by the almost total lack of hedges and fences .
15 There was ketchup on my trench coat , but it would wash off in time .
16 Well I wa I was n't sure whether to , whether it would go through in time for the case and that 's why I have n't
17 I did , I always said he would go back in time .
18 I shall come back in time , no I was just thinking that , the , the erm
19 Well I wa I was n't sure whether to whether it would come through in time for the case That 's why I did n't
20 ‘ But she would come in from time to time to inspect the ingredients and make sure everything was fresh , nothing frozen , dried or packeted , especially not the orange juice for breakfast , which had to be freshly squeezed from three kilos of oranges .
21 The United States would dive in from time to time with a huge splash which , however , would soon subside .
22 If putty is used ( as was common on older systems ) , this will dry out in time and the joint may leak .
23 In this case , the referee will stop the bout as soon as you score , so your step-out will occur out of time .
24 I will end up on time .
25 No doubt theorists are up to the challenge presented by the new results and will come back in time with new estimates , before they declare the proton stable .
26 It has done just 3000 miles and the gearbox is very stiff when changing up from second to third gear , but not when changing down from fourth to third , Do you think it will loosen up in time ?
27 At The Canterbury Tales you can step back in time to the 14th Century .
28 ‘ Go down to the shop then , and buy the lot — if you think you can get back in time . ’
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