Example sentences of "[pron] [be] at [adj] time [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was at this time that I renewed my acquaintance with Herbert Read , whom I had met first at Oxford in the company of Nevill Coghill . |
| 2 | It is at this time that the characteristic tapping sound which gives the beetle its name can be heard . |
| 3 | It is at this time that the trident became a regular part of her iconography , specifically after the great victory of the Earl of Howe at the battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794 ; shortly thereafter , from the early nineteenth century , she is also regularly shown as wearing a helmet . |
| 4 | It is at this time that some do-gooders may make all kinds of suggestions . |
| 5 | Perhaps we could go back still further , to the event of her own birth , and even into an intra-uterine existence , for it is at this time that the ovaries and all the eggs are formed in the female . |
| 6 | It was safer to hire soldiers as well and it is at this time that we first come across the name Mercadier , a name that from now on was to be closely linked with Richard 's . |
| 7 | It was at that time that I interviewed David 's mother , Margaret Jones , who recalled a three-year-old David discovering a bag of make-up in an upstairs room and plastering himself with it , and how at one point she thought he would become a ballet dancer . |
| 8 | He went nuts — he went crackers , got the cane , and he was wielding it , and it was at that time that the rest of the boys decided to pile up the furniture in the corner and set fire to it , so half the classroom was burning . |
| 9 | And er it was at that time that the Independent Labour Party left the I the Labour Party . |
| 10 | It was at this time that Diderot , who often strolled into the artists ' studios , paid a visit to David , and saw a picture which the artist was just finishing . |
| 11 | Ironically , it was at this time that Ezra Pound , who had been arrested and imprisoned for treason , was examined by four prominent psychologists and judged to be insane . |
| 12 | It was at this time that Asgerjorn resigned his membership of the SI , although he continued to finance it through the sale of his paintings which were increasingly in demand in the 1960s . |
| 13 | It was at this time that he first came across some Nonconformist pastors from Shrewsbury and was deeply impressed and helped by the ‘ fervent prayers , godly conversation and holiness ’ of their lives . |
| 14 | It was at this time that the Club first negotiated to use the cricket field for ‘ tuition ’ and it became an overflow car park in 1966 . |
| 15 | It was at this time that he commissioned both Cooper and Sadler in the field , in recognition of their services , an action which was later thought to have been highly irregular . |
| 16 | It was at this time that Chapman made another of his ‘ discoveries ’ . |
| 17 | It was at this time that many growers began to group together to form the earliest co-operatives in Champagne . |
| 18 | The interior of Skirlaugh church was thoroughly repaired between 1813–19 and it was at this time that a screen , fine pulpit , pews and a wainscot gallery were finally removed . |
| 19 | It was at this time that the modern meaning of the word ‘ pacifist ’ became established : the semantic change registered a deep and abiding split within the peace movement . |
| 20 | It was at this time that Jesus told the disciples that they would all desert him . |
| 21 | Three years later , in 1638 , Laud arranged for him to become Rector of Uppingham , in Rutland , and a chaplain to King Charles I. It was at this time that Taylor made his first marriage , to the sister of one of his Cambridge pupils . ’ |
| 22 | It was at this time that the Churches at last made common cause and risked calling for Prayer , the acceptance of Gospel values and the application of the Beatitudes to modern life . |
| 23 | It was at this time that the wellknown property mover and solicitor Noel Smyth appointed nominees to the board of Chestvale . |
| 24 | To summarise , Wirral began the 1980s with a steady flow of opioids available from both legal and street sources and it was at this time that the majority of Wirral 's users began their habit . |
| 25 | It was at this time that regional experiences diverged : the eastern part of the country , especially Lincolnshire and East Anglia , was recovering from its period of maximum depopulation , while in the west and the north the period of heaviest losses occurred ( Willats and Newson 1953 ) . |
| 26 | perhaps it was at this time that a clerk associated with the rebel Poitevins produced a document designed to show that Henry and Eleanor were within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity and their marriage therefore invalid . |
| 27 | It was at this time that the European Commission under its President , Walter Hallstein , produced a plan to finance the CAP . |
| 28 | He provided the money to make this possible and it was at this time that Paul moved into Allen Street . |
| 29 | It was at this time that the idea of a citizen militia to defend the constitution against its enemies gathered support . |
| 30 | Indeed , it was at this time that , ironically , I turned myself into a genuine adept of the Magus of the Quotidian . |