Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] at [art] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had he been around at the time of my capture I do n't believe I 'd have made it very far . |
| 2 | For those of us old enough to have been around at the time of the birth of rock ‘ n ’ roll , the idea of an advanced course in the music which made both us and our parents jump ( but in opposite directions ) may be hard to accommodate . |
| 3 | If International had been around at the time of the Vikings , there 's little doubt whose paint would have been used to keep those marauding longships in prime condition . |
| 4 | The declaration stated that , whereas heretofore , to wit , etc. , in consideration that the plaintiff , at the request of the defendant , had then consented to allow the defendant to weigh divers , to wit two , boilers of the plaintiff , of great value , etc. , defendant promised that he would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected , leave and give up the boilers in as perfect and complete a condition , and as fit for use by plaintiff , as the same were in at the time of the consent so given by plaintiff ; and that , although in pursuance of the consent so given , defendant to wit , on , etc. , did weigh the same boilers , yet defendant did not nor would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected leave and give up boilers in as perfect , etc. , but wholly neglected and refused so to do , although a reasonable time for that purpose had elapsed before the commencement of this suit ; and , on the contrary thereof , defendant afterwards , to wit on , etc. , took the said boilers to pieces and did not put the same together again but left the same in a detached and divided condition , and in many different pieces , whereby plaintiff hath been put to great trouble , etc . |
| 5 | Yeah , but my old man he 's a , he 's driving he was driving the one of the that 's , that erm , Lieutenant Colonel was in at the time of the , and he , he was in there and he said my old man knows for certain that at that time they were under fire , cos they drove in and picked up two bodies and put them in the back of the jeep all under fire |