Essential Time Phrases

Sorry I'm late. I lost track of time.

There's no need to hurry. You can take your time with this.

I don't want to think about what will happen if we run out of time.

Tom got to the airport just in the nick of time to catch his flight.

Another delay! Why can't the train be on time for once?

We had to work around the clock to get everything finished.

The new manager has got the factory running like clockwork.

I'll start right away. This is too important to leave to the last minute.

Jan must have pulled an all-nighter to get all of that work done.

This is supposed to be finished by Friday, but we can't start until the client has given us the go-ahead.