Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a more [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have to wait for a more opportune time , she decided , and replaced the receiver . |
| 2 | ‘ Now , Adam , ’ she re-entered the kitchen with her chin tilted defiantly upward and a challenging glint in her tawny eyes , ‘ what 's so important that it could n't wait till a more reasonable time of day ? ’ |
| 3 | The eve of the second anniversary of Maxwell 's death could n't have come at a more crucial time for the pensioners who travelled to London today . |
| 4 | I felt … well , the offer could n't have come at a more opportune time , could it ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't think of a more opportune time , ’ said the Loremaster . |
| 6 | A broken one can be replaced at a more convenient time . |
| 7 | MY WIFE , Regina , is forever characterising me as possessing an almost childlike naivete — one attuned with a more idealistic time . |
| 8 | Information about these processes does not disappear however , but is stored by the Mail System and can be displayed on the screen or sent to a file on the directory from which LIFESPAN is being accessed , to be read at a more convenient time . |