Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] at [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 If you use windows it is worth putting applications that you might need to use at the same time on different drives .
2 Not only are peak users paying for the high marginal costs they impose , but also those users who would not mind consuming at a different time ( e.g. households with night storage heaters , who can use electricity at a time when marginal costs are low ) are induced by cheaper prices to switch to consuming at off-peak times .
3 It may have formed at the same time as Coed y Brenin .
4 Why , d' ya get , do you have to retire at a certain time ?
5 In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time .
6 It could scarcely have come at a worse time .
7 This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ .
8 For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time .
9 She could not have come at a worse time ; a few hours after she arrived , she was a helpless burning hulk , with most of her passengers and crew dead .
10 It could not have come at a worse time for the Royal Family , almost on the eve of the wedding of Princess Anne to Commander Tim Laurence .
11 I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time .
12 But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time .
13 ‘ In many ways , it could not have come at a worse time because the selectors are obviously considering alternatives after the defeat at Old Trafford and I would like to think I would be one of them . ’
14 ‘ God witness , ’ said Llewelyn , drumming his long fingers on the arms of his chair in a hard-driven rhythm that was always a key to the stresses of his mind , ‘ it could not have come at a worse time .
15 The invitation could not have come at a better time .
16 For Sinton , who made his England debut in Poznan in the crucial final qualifier against Poland last November and was a member of the England B side that defeated France B at Loftus Road in February , that run could not have come at a better time .
17 And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family .
18 ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales .
19 " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully .
20 ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time .
21 It could n't have come at a better time .
22 League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist .
23 League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist .
24 ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’
25 That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though .
26 New boy , Brian Marwood gave them the lead ; his first goal for the club and it could n't have come at a better time .
27 And it could n't have come at a better time for the 29 year old bowler in this his benefit season .
28 His first injury in English football could not have come at a worst time .
29 you do have to remember at the same time that these documents would be going home and
30 Nor could it have occurred at a worse time .
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