Example sentences of "[art] [adj] time [verb] [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | It was one thing to be opposed to discrimination ( and many of them now began for the first time to say that they did , indeed , oppose it ) , but it was quite another thing to talk openly about equal validity of sexuality . |
2 | Dunlop refused and for the first time revealed that he considered himself to be the sole owner of the horse . |
3 | ‘ Mr Butters has placed obstacles in our path all the way while at the same time stating that he wants us to stay at Belle Vue . |
4 | When she came back from Confession , uncomforted , she found her cell mate kicking the doctor who was trying to feed her , and at the same time yelling that he should take his hat off in the presence of a lady . |
5 | We should remember , too , that " emphasis " has an insidious tendency to become an all-purpose cause credited for a whole variety of syntactic and phonological variations where intuition suggests that there is a difference to be explained but where no other cause can immediately be brought to light ; all that is needed , apparently , is that a speaker ( or even a linguist ) should be able to imagine himself uttering one of a pair of variants with a certain emphasis on some occasion , while at the same time feeling that he could have said the other without any emphasis being implied . |
6 | The Body being thus equipp 'd and laid in the Coffin ( which Coffin is sometimes very magnificent ) , it is visited a second time to see that it is bury 'd in Flannel , and that nothing about it sowed with Thread . |
7 | He took such a long time to answer that she became convinced that he had n't . |
8 | You still have a number of financial commitments , and this appears to be an ideal time to ensure that you are adequately reimbursed for your time and talents . |