Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] a time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The microcomputer has arrived at a time of high unemployment . |
| 2 | There have been occasional remarks that some players may have dallied for a time with what are known as recreational drugs . |
| 3 | He lived at Charing Cross in 1585 , in 1589–90 in Writtington , Essex , by 1596 he writes from ‘ my house in Hamsell Park , Sussex ’ , while early in the 1600s he may have lived for a time in Isleworth , Middlesex . |
| 4 | After this he seems to have retired for a time to his Scottish estates . |
| 5 | To have eaten at a time like this would have seemed all wrong . |
| 6 | They clinked their glasses ; then Martin , walking towards the long window , said , ‘ It 's a good job I did n't become engaged ; you should n't get married at a time like this . ’ |
| 7 | Headhunting in Britain was imposed — seeming alien at first — in the search for remedies for Britain 's national corporate ills ; in America it had burgeoned at a time of growth and prosperity . |
| 8 | The crash had occurred at a time of clear visibility and good weather conditions . |
| 9 | About 80% had always had an off-farm job and of the others most had started at a time of extra financial pressure on the farm , for example low prices for produce , loss due to weather or stock health problems . |
| 10 | He had lived for a time in England , and we discussed whether to conduct the session in English or German . |
| 11 | They have come at a time of unprecedented pressure on the government to speed up the introduction of a secure unit . |