Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Council began its work at time of escalating violence . |
| 2 | It had been eight years since the council published its accounts on time . |
| 3 | The reasons are the same ; the valleyside torrents are checked when they reach the main valley floor and aggradation takes place , the fan shape usually resulting from the stream shifting its course from time to time . |
| 4 | As Bishop Thomas Brinton of Rochester said when preaching at the time of the Black Prince 's death in the summer of 1376 , it was part of a knight 's duty to help his king in time of war ; failure to do so meant loss of the right to be called a knight , which was both a sign of honour and a mark of responsibility which had to be lived up to . |
| 5 | The orchestra was playing a polka and the audience tapped their feet in time to the rhythm . |
| 6 | Beneath them , in France , there existed an ordered and fairly hierarchical structure which saw to the day-to-day defence of the country , from those with wide territorial jurisdictions to those who might be sent to a particular area , town or castle to organise its defence in time of crisis . |
| 7 | Progressing slowly , seeming older by years than he had seemed on this beach the day before , more bent and huddled , the Commander shook his head in time to the steps he took . |
| 8 | It starts with the assumption that you probably have n't got time to analyse your use of time ! |