Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] at the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd started at the same time . |
| 2 | And somehow all her own reservations and objections seemed to evaporate at the same time . |
| 3 | News of the victory spread as the clans began to muster at the appointed time at Glenfinnan , which , with the mountains rising all around the tranquil waters of the loch , provided an intensely dramatic setting for the formal beginning of the campaign . |
| 4 | He arranged to return at the same time the next day to set about identifying the traitor in Tuwaithah . |
| 5 | They both began to speak at the same time , and Fen gestured to her to go first . |
| 6 | And young Paul Daly , the son of Brian , had a rather one-sided 21-10 win over Martin McHugh of Carrickfergus in the under-25 singles semi-final after McHugh selected to drive at the wrong time , which was right up Daly 's street . |
| 7 | However , if all members of a group went swimming at the same time and left valuables unattended , that would be an unnecessary risk where no real precautions had been taken and would be a breach of the duty of care . |
| 8 | Why so many of the other directors chose to sell at the same time is not known to me . |
| 9 | Not every Merovingian queen was as forceful as Fredegund , and the sons of various queens or concubines did inherit at the same time . |
| 10 | in psychology and chucked in electrical engineering and started a psychology course and he had to work at the same time as he studied for some of that time |
| 11 | Suddenly , she knew that her aunt 's news had come at the perfect time . |
| 12 | Conchis was no more than the chance agent , the event that had come at the right time ; just as in the old days I might , after a celibate term at Oxford , have met a girl and begun an affaire with her , I had begun something exciting with him . |
| 13 | Behind the garden were several acres of rough pasture , which Mr Coleby had bought at the same time as he bought the strip of wasteland that linked the pasture to Champney Road . |
| 14 | Aunt Fosters had died at the right time . |
| 15 | She had written a receipt for the month 's rent for the garage , which he had proffered at the same time , and had received the book with a watery smile . |
| 16 | To avoid the chaos that would arise if , for example , several users wanted to print at the same time , the resources of a network may be controlled by ‘ servers ’ . |