Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [noun] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been in Paris at the time of the murder . |
| 2 | The windows were also provided with louvred shutters which could be removed and stored when not in use ; these shutters may have been in place at the time of capture . |
| 3 | There was one lady with a very posh voice , a doctor 's widow , who had been in Jarrow at the time of that terrible hunger march . |
| 4 | Bear in mind that issues should reflect fundamental concerns ( in relation to the level of study ) , and might also include those problems that arise frequently , or are in vogue at the time of the study . |
| 5 | A contract for the sale of future goods is not made on any false assumption that the goods are in existence at the time of the contract . |
| 6 | The court has heard that she was arrested after police found out that one of the men she named appeared to be in Scotland at the time of the alleged incident . |
| 7 | The property , it is thought , must already be in existence at the time when it was obtained . |
| 8 | What the mother finally decides to do will probably result from the opinion of someone else — whether that someone is her own mother , the local midwife or whichever childcare expert happens to be in vogue at the time . |
| 9 | One of the richest made for Julius II later escaped the sack of Rome because it happened to be in pawn at the time . |
| 10 | As Murad II happened to be in Serez at the time , de la Broquière and his companions , one of whom was Benedetto Folco da Forli , the ambassador of the Duke of Milan , set out to meet him . |
| 11 | Just on a year ago , as I was to be in London at the time of the World Cup , I made enquiries about obtaining tickets to attend some of the Cup matches in the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | students registered in an electronics , electrical/electronic or other kind of engineering department were slightly less likely to be in employment at the time of the survey than those in other kinds of department ; |
| 13 | Deferred tax is to be provided , using the liability method , on all timing differences which are expected to reverse in the future at rates of tax likely to be in force at the time of the reversal . |
| 14 | The making of a care order will automatically discharge any supervision order , school attendance order or s8 order which may be in force at the time ( s91(2) ( 3 ) ( 5 ) ) . |
| 15 | We first met him at an elegant hotel in the ‘ uptown ’ district of Manhattan , New York , overlooking Central park , a watering place well known to artists ( Joe Cocker also happened to be in residence at the time ) . |
| 16 | She happened to be in Waldron at the time of the shooting , came to you and said she was Connie Fraser . |
| 17 | Do you not agree that if God ever did say Let there be light he must have been over Norfolk at the time ? ’ |
| 18 | There is no doubt that if CCs had been on offer at the time , Bruin would probably have taken them all . |
| 19 | Lesley-Jane Decker had been on stage at the time of the shooting , so , unless she had brought in a hired killer , she seemed to be in the clear . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , Robyn , this must have been an awful shock — and you were with Luke at the time ? |
| 21 | Despite being in Alaska at the time , en route round the world with his wife , Pat aboard their yacht Blackjack , Mike returned to the UK in 1989 , specially to design Q2 . |
| 22 | Perhaps knowing the likely outcome , New Scientist 's editor made a pathetic excuse about being in Canada at the time and dropped one of his old colleagues into — and swiftly out of — the balloon . |
| 23 | The rarer survivals can add an altogether different dimension to our understanding of the period , and serve to sharpen our awareness of the difficulty of establishing precisely how rare certain items were in society at the time . |
| 24 | Indeed , the Stamford Taurus might have been formed by early Mycenean settlers , as a representation of a Mycenean dagger carved into Stonehenge proves that people of that race were in Britain at the time . |
| 25 | In general , though , thinking was retarded by the dichotomous classifications that were in use at the time . |
| 26 | Five interviewees were in custody at the time of the interview ( two in prison , one in detention centre , and two on remand ) and six preferred to be interviewed outside the family home ( four at the Drugs Council and two in a local community centre ) principally to prevent their families from finding out about their habit . |
| 27 | Er it it take a view on that er appeal he will take into account the er development plan forces which were in force at the time . |
| 28 | used to publish what areas were going to have power cuts , d' ya remember ? , you were in Bristol at the time , er Stuart was the same , they used to publish what area would be cut off and for what time and for how long and you knew you would get cut off , sort of ten o'clock in the morning till three in the afternoon , usu , four or five hours at a time was n't it ? |
| 29 | The report highlights as a major problem the fact that only three of the works staff were in post at the time of the inspection . |
| 30 | Old liability insurance policies that were in effect at the time of the relevant incidents can be valuable . |