Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [prep] [art] time when " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suddenly found that I was losing my powers at a time when I needed them most . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're flesh and blood , warm and yielding , bursting into my life at a time when I 'd sworn to give women a wide berth , enticing me with your large eyes and your candour , your raven hair and your loyalty … ’ |
| 3 | Robert then spoke to my mother about the time when they were young . |
| 4 | This folly was the first of its kind at a time when all things gothic suddenly became very fashionable . |
| 5 | This , we hoped , would permit us to see the various stages of the project in operation from the time when a school began to plan its proposal to the time when the materials purchased with project funds were already in use . |
| 6 | During the war she toured initially with a small company of Sadler 's Wells artists all over the country and then helped to keep the company alive by undertaking its management at a time when its very existence was threatened . |
| 7 | Its formation at a time when moves are well-advanced to remove customs and other technical barriers throughout the Community is well-timed . |
| 8 | What many feminists find most surprising about the article is its appearance at a time when the abortion issue has regalvanised women . |
| 9 | Many of the other budget measures left oil companies confused about the overall impact on their revenues at a time when oil industry funding is under pressure from sluggish international prices . |
| 10 | The court said that he was plainly soliciting their custom at a time when he was under a duty of fidelity to his employer and awarded his former employers damages . |
| 11 | If your timing is right , Positive ideas of this kind may well give her hope and encouragement , but they should not be introduced too early in the grieving process , or she may regard them almost as an insult to the depth of her sorrow at a time when she is not yet ready to look to the future . |
| 12 | Perhaps she reserves her fondest memories for Sergeant Barry Mannakee who became her bodyguard at a time when she felt lost and alone in the royal world . |
| 13 | The conscription of manpower into the armed forces and war-related industries deprived agriculture of the strongest and most able element of its workforce at a time when the production process was still relatively unmechanized . |
| 14 | Here you can do much to protect her interests at a time when she is very vulnerable by making sure that they are first valued by an expert before being advertised , for widows are often ‘ conned ’ into selling their husband 's valuable possessions very cheaply to unscrupulous people , simply because they are feeling too low in spirits to resist any offer to have them removed speedily and without fuss . |
| 15 | Their violent , witty , literate affair at first amused and intrigued their friends at a time when life was grim . |
| 16 | Now , on top of everything else , she looked like something the cat had dragged in , and she had n't even brought a change of clothes with her , having planned to return to the Sheffield hotel to collect her luggage and settle her bill at a time when the actors would be at the theatre . |
| 17 | Being used for draught work until quite recently , the French animals retained their size at a time when British cattle were deliberately bred smaller and more short-legged , and these bigger , muscular , fast-growing and later maturing French types now meet today 's demands for lean ‘ supermarket ’ meat cuts . |
| 18 | Economists yesterday disagreed on whether exports could maintain their strength at a time when many other industrial nations are in the doldrums . |
| 19 | It was now criticized as anachronistic , and the German government had signalled for some time its concern over rising costs and their justifiability at a time when German unification put great strains on the public finances [ see also pp. 37212 ; 38508 ] . |
| 20 | But the measure of performance in dollar terms helps to confirm that BP is making progress towards its overall aim of adding value to its assets at a time when analysts generally consider the international oil industry as a whole to be under continuing pressure through uncertain trends in oil price . |
| 21 | Diplomats in Bangkok say the movement is attempting to boost its credibility at a time when the US Congress is debating policy on Cambodia . |
| 22 | Director Stephen Lee said : ‘ Charities are under enormous pressure to increase their services at a time when fundraising has never been so constrained . |
| 23 | Even Araminta had been sullen and silent ever since her mother 's death , and Theda had been relieved to see Mrs Alderley , who had driven over , elegant as ever in rustling black silk , to offer her condolences at a time when she knew all the men would be attending the service . |
| 24 | An early opportunities employer , it offered union rates to all its employees at a time when pay and conditions in the travel industry were notoriously poor . |
| 25 | It is extremely painful for them to add to their burdens at a time when they are most hard pressed at work or with their own families . |
| 26 | Duccios and Signorellis and Martinis hung by her bedside at a time when other girls pinned up Elvis and Cliff or even Paul Anka . |
| 27 | I suppose it was inevitable that in 1918 he should capitalise on his expertise at a time when the post-war craze for the new-fangled wireless sets was at its height . |
| 28 | The fact that Barilli has recently shown a keen awareness of contemporary art trends may help his candidacy at a time when the Biennale has reaffirmed its commitment to the documentation of contemporary art . |
| 29 | I know that you came only to honour dear Crabb , at a small informal party , because he had been of assistance to your illustrious father , and valued his work at a time when it meant a great deal to him . |
| 30 | He visited the home of Simon Peter , was supported by well-to-do people and never encouraged Zacchaeus to dispose of the whole of his wealth at the time when he returned money to those he had cheated . |