Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] a time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their views are readily recognizable in a world where the fuss about the Turin Shroud has reminded us of a time when high hopes and claims of miracle were commonly attached to pieces of the true cross or heads of John the Baptist , where much Christian literature promises believers great success in life if only they have enough faith in God , and where men and women of political power still try to have God and his Church on their side , and to use their authority to enhance their own . |
| 2 | But I had bought mine at a time when I 'd luckily accumulated some nice big fees , and she is just what I need , in every way . |
| 3 | We regret having to disturb you at a time when you are busy , but the matter is important . ’ |
| 4 | if possible you want to avoid that , so you do n't want to , and , and you certainly do n't want to leave it until a time when you have been taken sick and you ca n't do anything about it . |
| 5 | If it did not exist , would anyone trouble to invent it at a time when , from the Atlantic to the Urals , socialism in all its manifestations is losing the argument to liberal capitalism ? |
| 6 | It would have been foolhardy to risk weakening it at a time when the Cold War was about to turn hot in Korea . |
| 7 | Far from reducing taxation , as we had been elected to do , we would have to raise it — and raise it at a time when local councils were already pushing up rates . |
| 8 | Will my hon. Friend pass to the National Audit Office the thanks of Parliament for its series of reports and ask whether it would be possible for us to have them at a time when Parliament is likely to be sitting rather than at one minute to midnight for the benefit of the press ? |
| 9 | Part of the answer must be that the element of risk in a PRP scheme reduces its attractiveness to employees , hence the advantages of introducing it at a time when the alternative ( no pay rise ) is even worse . |
| 10 | Someone , in other words , who is likely to take silk , but likely to take it at a time sufficiently far in the future to give you a chance of stepping into part of his practice as a junior . |