Example sentences of "[pers pn] have at [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Feeling closer to him than she had at any time since her mother 's death , Rory hid her face against his shoulder .
2 So when we came to make the recording in Vienna I asked Strauss through a mutual friend we had at that time if I could use a fuller body of strings in the climaxes .
3 On one occasion , when time had been scheduled in a departmental meeting for discussion of my questions , ten out of twelve members of staff present indicated that they had at one time or another received complaints from girls ( usually in the third or fourth year ) about the male bias of their overall literary ‘ diet ’ .
4 The North Berwick line enjoys a spectacular claim to fame because it has at some time or other in its history been powered by every possible form of motive power ; horse , steam , diesel and electricity .
5 He had always considered Sir John a portly , self-indulgent toper , but at this moment the coroner seemed more at ease , sword and dagger in his hands , fighting for his life , than he had at any time since they had met .
6 The ladies murmured reluctant agreement , since most of them had at one time or another tried to oust her from at least one of the appointments which they themselves coveted .
7 All of us have at one time or another contributed to the Great Bores of Today , with our moans of the other night when we sat down to watch television and ‘ there was nothing on ’ .
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