Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never did discover who he was , the son of the house or just another guest , and my own obtuseness and incuriosity now appear to me more revealing than anything else of my state at the time . |
| 2 | After David had been there a couple of weeks , I used to go off doing odd bits of work in London , working as a journalist , although I was n't very keen on that side of my life at the time — there were other things that interested me more . |
| 3 | But the reason I started performing was because of my boyfriend at the time — he writes Coronation Street now so he 's doing all right , no sympathy . |
| 4 | It was so clear in his mind , he could hear his nan 's voice , even smell that strangely comforting smell of scorched linen as she pressed down on the iron , and yet he had understood little of their conversation at the time , had n't understood , in fact , until years later . |
| 5 | But it is clear from Fulk le Réchin 's history that the counts themselves knew nothing of their ancestry before the time of Ingelgerus , Fulk the Red 's father , an indication of the block that earlier , looser kinship ties created in human memory . |
| 6 | From what I learned of their disappearance at the time , I never believed they would re-surface intact . |
| 7 | That was the end of their aspirations for the time being — and the end of that romantic notion of one final Lord 's appearance for IVA . |
| 8 | The coins show that contemporary Romans kept returning to the iconography not just of war , but of conquest , and that they presented themselves as following in the footsteps of Alexander ; this is an important contribution to our understanding of their aspirations at the time . |
| 9 | The Coalisland — Dungannon march had given everyone a good day out and had used up a lot of their energy by the time the moment of confrontation arrived . |
| 10 | Consequently , it was argued , the police were not acting in the execution of their duty at the time of the arrests . |
| 11 | The various local and international fluctuations in market forces make it impossible to fix the price of oriental rugs in terms of cash amounts ; regardless of their accuracy at the time of writing , they would soon become out of date . |
| 12 | While , of course , it is necessary to become sensitive to the needs of others , even if this means taking on a little of their pain at the time , it is not good to allow this negativity to linger ( remember my experience with Charlotte ? — Chapter 3 ) . |
| 13 | Although it was embellished in 1750 by John Browne , Forston Manor was already extremely sophisticated for a house of its size at the time , for it has some details that are ‘ Baroque ’ , a style that often moved rectangles into curves . |
| 14 | Perez says he is well aware that expert systems have n't lived up to the promises and claims that were being made for the technology three or four years ago , but claims Neuron Data was well aware of its limitations at the time and was already busy putting Open Interface together . |
| 15 | This folly was the first of its kind at a time when all things gothic suddenly became very fashionable . |
| 16 | The annoyances , injustices , and setbacks from which it suffered seem small in retrospect , but they preyed on the minds of its members at the time . |
| 17 | When Parliament legislates to remedy what the majority of its members at the time perceive to be a defect or a lacuna in the existing law ( whether it be the written law enacted by existing statutes or the unwritten common law as it has been expounded by the judges in decided cases ) , the role of the judiciary is confined to ascertaining from the words that Parliament has approved as expressing its intention what that intention was , and to giving effect to it . |
| 18 | When Parliament legislates to remedy what the majority of its members at the time perceive to be a defect or a lacuna in the existing law ( whether it be the written law enacted by existing statutes or the unwritten common law as it has been expounded by the judges in decided cases ) , the role or the judiciary is confined to ascertaining from the words that Parliament has approved as expressing its intention what that intention was , and to giving effect to it . |
| 19 | The conscription of manpower into the armed forces and war-related industries deprived agriculture of the strongest and most able element of its workforce at a time when the production process was still relatively unmechanized . |
| 20 | FAIREY BARRACUDA II forward fuselage DP872 has returned to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton , Somerset , following suspension of its restoration for the time being . |
| 21 | In some ways Balbinder seemed the least of her problems at the time . |
| 22 | The symptoms she endured varied from month to month , worsening or improving according to the circumstances of her life at the time . |
| 23 | Police withdrew the fine and three penalty points when Nichola , 37 , explained no-one was behind the wheel of her car at the time . |
| 24 | Charles felt fairly confident of her safety for the time being . |
| 25 | On this occasion the 24-year-old occult fanatic was cleared of the charge because he claimed he was misinformed of her age at the time of the offence . |
| 26 | If your timing is right , Positive ideas of this kind may well give her hope and encouragement , but they should not be introduced too early in the grieving process , or she may regard them almost as an insult to the depth of her sorrow at a time when she is not yet ready to look to the future . |
| 27 | At their last meeting a line had been reached , and despite the urgings of his senses at the time , he was not sure that they wanted to cross it . |
| 28 | He visited the home of Simon Peter , was supported by well-to-do people and never encouraged Zacchaeus to dispose of the whole of his wealth at the time when he returned money to those he had cheated . |
| 29 | Mrs Kennerley sent a copy of the letter to his campaign team as proof of his patriotism at the time . |
| 30 | ‘ Michel said I reminded him of his audience at the time when he made speeches . |