Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv prt] at [art] time " in BNC.
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1 | They pay thousands and thousands for the Van Goghs and Modiglianis they 'd have spat on at the time they were painted . |
2 | But I must have nodded off at the time . |
3 | Fee income was still growing — we were very happy with the growth rate and everything was going according to the five-year plan we had drawn up at the time of the merger . |
4 | The boulders which God had flung about at the time of the creation had , to Lydia 's eyes , a patriarchal air , and the pebbles which littered the stream seemed like little children confidently at rest in this fatherly presence . |
5 | The tailings lake now covered an area of 160 acres , of which only one acre had dried out at the time . |