Example sentences of "on [pron] [noun] at [art] time " in BNC.
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1 | The police had found somebody who had seen me on my island at the time of the murder , and so the judge let me go free . |
2 | But once Mona , daughter of the PLO 's chief fund-raiser , had admitted that he had enjoyed a summer holiday on her money at the time of the Gulf crisis , the gap-toothed Lothario was on his bike . |
3 | Many of the other budget measures left oil companies confused about the overall impact on their revenues at a time when oil industry funding is under pressure from sluggish international prices . |
4 | I suppose it was inevitable that in 1918 he should capitalise on his expertise at a time when the post-war craze for the new-fangled wireless sets was at its height . |
5 | He did have ( and I know this as I was on his staff at the time ) some sympathy with Coastal Command in view of its flight in the Atlantic , particularly in the Western Approaches and more especially in what was called the " black pit " , this was an area in the Atlantic where the RAF could not give air cover to the convoys either from Ireland . |
6 | In fact he had about eighteen birds on his books at the time , ranging in age from two weeks upwards , and he was hand-rearing them . |
7 | How well he is able to cope with the situation will depend partly on his age at the time and partly on how carefully the adults around him handle the situation . |
8 | I was actually living on his farm at the time . |
9 | A study of the assault made on our plans at the time reveals a number of points that were put forward as incontrovertible arguments against what we were proposing . |
10 | We had other matters on our minds at the time , as it happens . |
11 | Encouraged by the words of the pop songs and those who were already well established users of various natural and manufactured mind-expanding substances , youth took a wrong turn — or the right one , depending on your stance at the time . |
12 | All the benefits you receive will of course depend on your age at the time the policy is issued , the size of your monthly premium and the amount of your future bonuses . |