Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] at [art] time and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I feel she and the others should have been hanged at the time and I feel the same now , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Her father 's attitude had been accepted at the time and accepted ever since . |
| 3 | The research will describe the nature of a selection of the strategy and policy initiatives ; set out the empirical evidence used in building the strategy ; assess this against other evidence which might have been used at the time and against current practices ; use this and other evidence to evaluate the effects of policy ; and comment on the main successes and failures of the strategy . |
| 4 | Some of the princes of Germany doubted the validity of the election on the grounds that Frederick had not been baptized at the time and he had only been elected , they said , out of fear for his father . |
| 5 | Only one or two young are born at a time and they are transported in an unusual manner by the mother — by hanging on to her greatly elongated teats . |
| 6 | The sessions can be arranged at a time and place suitable to your drivers . |
| 7 | If the two pairs of projectors are in line , the intention is not usually a multi-image effect In fact , it s likely that the two projectors nearer to the camera will not contain so much an image as an image-blocker , ie a mask or matte that blocks out part of the image behind it Since the two mattes will normally be complementary , and the combined image can be seen by inspection through the camera 's viewfinder , any faults , such as overlaps or gaps , should be observed at the time and , if possible , corrected on a second , third or fourth take This is more economical and satisfactory than getting the results of multiple passes back from the lab and discovering that a whole day 's work has to be redone . |
| 8 | They would n't fight now , not those two , but the battle would be continued at a time and place of their own choosing . |
| 9 | Weekly markets were often held in the churchyard where buyers and sellers could meet after church ; it was natural , therefore , that the fair should be established at a time and place where many people were gathered . |
| 10 | ‘ I feel nothing but disgust that these bombs should be planted at a time and in places where ordinary people are going to work . ’ |
| 11 | Here took place the famous séries , five to a season , each one lasting eight days , when 80 guests were invited at a time and it was in the drawing up of these guest lists that the Empress deployed all her social skills . |
| 12 | One of Einstein 's ways of working things out was to take the laws of nature as they were understood at the time and imagine them in unusual fictitious situations — such as , for instance , trying to imagine what it would be like to catch up with a light beam . |
| 13 | A total of 478 students were arrested at the time and held for several days . |
| 14 | Once colour is knitted at a time and you change colour every two rows . |
| 15 | On the 22nd Gracey 's forces assisted the French in what , despite what was claimed at the time and subsequently , was an almost bloodless coup by which they occupied the Town Hall and other central points ; and two nights after that about a hundred and fifty French civilians , including many women and children , were massacred by Vietnamese who burst into the Cite Heraud district past indifferent Japanese guards . |
| 16 | Although the eugenic risk ( that the child of an incestuous relationship between father — daughter or brother — sister will have congenital defects ) was known at the time and was probably a factor , most of the arguments of the reformers were based on the protection of children from sexual exploitation . |