Example sentences of "[verb] at the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To say they were worshipped would be overstating the case but , as in so many cultures where people are dependent on an animal for existence ( the Plains Indian and the buffalo , for example ) , the forerunners of the modern Koi were respected at the same time they were exploited . |
| 2 | So if you look at the next time you 're in the loo |
| 3 | ( 8 ) The more female ducks the males have to look at the more time they spend looking at them . |
| 4 | Local residents again pointed out that so far all the dust that had blown had come from one three-acre section of the lake : ‘ The worry is that if it 's not attended to and if the entire 150 acres rise up and start blowing at the same time it could be a national disaster . |
| 5 | During the summer when there was not even a blade of green grass in the paddock , her feed of oats and other goodies became inordinately important to her , to the extent that one day when her dinner had not arrived at the usual time she began to paw at the fence in anxiety . |
| 6 | You know you can hear everyone talking at the same it 's recording at the same time you can hear everyone talking like sort of really clearly . |
| 7 | The only thing I could do I mean at the same time I 'm saying O K I 'll go in to do it this way , would be to actually say , sod this for a lark , instead of doing erm totally private thing , gon na set up a private limited company to issue cheques . |
| 8 | Grant had watched them standing in front of the electronic display , puzzling at the excessive time they seemed to be wasting . |