Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [noun sg] at [art] time " in BNC.

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1 I therefore wrote to express the hope that I had not appeared to expect him to intervene ; that I did not necessarily disagree with what he said ; and that my underlying feeling was that the Baldwin government , though apparently trying to get rid of a bad king , might damage the monarchy at a time when a great international crisis seemed to be upon us .
2 exercise some option to , to switch it over and I did n't need the cash at the time
3 I think Japan was taken by surprise — they did n't expect a tour at the time — but he just decided to do it .
4 Only a single user can access the computer at a time , and he has to write , debug , and run his programs in the most basic computer-oriented form .
5 I did n't take no notice at the time .
6 Colleagues , it 's approximately four twenty five , what I propose to do is to go on for a short period and to take in the resolutions on the , on your erm Maastricht erm and then we 'll have a look at the time , but I think we should be able to get those in within a , a relatively short period of time .
7 ‘ He was recommended to us and I think he did n't have a club at the time .
8 ‘ He was recommended to us and I think he did n't have a club at the time .
9 Charlie , who did n't have a girlfriend at the time , hit back : ‘ I am an actor and doing scenes like that is what I am paid to do .
10 It may be argued that the effects of physical-care experiences , though obscured later on by subsequent events , do at least have an impact at the time , and that much of the variation in infant behaviour can be accounted for by differences in training practices .
11 Although I could n't tell the difference at the time , I was in fact wrong yesterday and right today , and this is sufficient to ground a difference in the outside observer 's description of me as knowing today but not knowing yesterday .
12 I could n't stand the bloke at the time .
13 But toppling Foreman will start a bandwagon at a time when , with one exception , the heavyweight division is bereft of talent and ability .
14 But toppling Foreman will start a bandwagon at a time when , with one exception , the heavyweight division is bereft of talent and ability .
15 ‘ I do n't know how he is supposed to have made it from Carluke to the bar in Motherwell if he did kill the girl at the time it was said he did .
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