Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] at a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This validation from the Prime Minister has come at an important time for the industry as it strives to get up off its knees , ’ said Keith Banbury , Chief Executive . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's rather busy — you 've come at a bad time , I 'm afraid , Miss Holbrook . |
| 3 | Gould found he ‘ had arrived at a good time , the birds having just commenced breeding ’ , and was immediately off to resume his researches with Natty and Jemmy in the cedar brushes of the Liverpool Range and on the nearby stretches of the Dart Brook . |
| 4 | I was afraid Richard would mind , but , as it turned out , my election had happened at a convenient time . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sad that it folded , but it 's come at a good time , ’ she tells me . |
| 6 | According to scientists at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory , the proposals for the centre have surfaced at a good time . |
| 7 | So general SVQs have arrived at a good time . |