Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] at time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huey and I watch as she cuddles the microphone , wrapping her mouth round it , almost swallowing it at times . |
| 2 | Erm I mean Martin , Martin 's very good and he 'll , you know , stop me there and , and , and go back over it and but it , it , the the was already there so it 's already got you thinking about other things and , you know , things that were completely irrelevant and it confused me at times . |
| 3 | Clara could feel her friendly spirit choking her at times ; she had affection in her , and nowhere to spend it . |
| 4 | ‘ I am a registered general nurse and , although I love my work , it depresses me at times to have to work shifts , both day and night . |
| 5 | Jargon and quirkiness assail him at times like passing attacks of cramp , but in the main he is always on the alert for a new ‘ angle ’ , always individual in expression and always ready to usher the most illuminating quotations to their correct places with the discreet poise of a butler from his chosen period . |
| 6 | If we pay him at time and three quarters which is the most we can pay him , we 're still making point six of a er on top of that . |
| 7 | Then it turns to the effect of the ‘ managerial revolution ’ ; that is , it says , to concentrate power in the hands of directors and to withdraw power from ineffective and acquiescent shareholders who only exercise it at times of crisis . |
| 8 | His hatred of the Empress , whom he never forgave for producing a male heir and thus depriving him of the succession to the throne , together with his inveterate hostility to what he considered to be the ‘ reactionary powers ’ , led him at times into very deep waters indeed . |
| 9 | I could n't make up my mind about him , regarding him at times as some grotesque theatrical maniac , at other times as no more than a pleasant , if somewhat mysterious , travelling companion . |
| 10 | He would appear to believe in an invented truth , an invented reality — a Rortyan reality , one might be inclined to call it at times . |
| 11 | I just ca n't stand it at times , but they ca n't give me anything for it . |
| 12 | This hip had been paining me at times again , but while we were in Wales it decided to play up properly . |
| 13 | In fact , Andrew 's tone reminds me at times of Marc Bolan , particularly when he 's playing the percussive , rhythmic section across bars 4 and 5 . |
| 14 | Many years before he had described , as we have seen the acute but generalized sense of apprehension which invaded him at times of stress or exhaustion and one recognizes in his temperament a permanent sense of impending doom and disaster — as if the world were always threatening to fall in upon him . |
| 15 | Few stations of the first generation survived the vast increase of railway traffic , but some did and they are well worth seeing Railways added a vast amount of detail to the English landscape , besides manipulating it at times on a large scale . |
| 16 | I know she thinks says things you know she embarrasses me at times |
| 17 | I have got to try and help them at times like this when they need me . ’ |
| 18 | I have got to try and help them at times like this when they need me . ’ |
| 19 | Susan came down for breakfast today , and they had an exciting time opening their parcels , for their father 's illness had prevented their making friends in the neighbourhood ; but there was plenty to do and talk about , and they steadfastly refused to give way to the depression that naturally overcame them at times . |
| 20 | Eric and I had to restrain him at times when he wanted to do something like throw little Paul into the water to see if he 'd float , or like when he wanted to fell a tree over the railway line that goes through Porteneil , but as a rule we got on surprisingly well , even though it rankled to see Eric , who was the same age as Blyth , obviously in fear of him . |