Example sentences of "[prep] [prep] this time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Individual Athenians felt no compunction at this tightening of the screws : an Athenian father of about this time called his son Karystonikos , shamelessly exulting in the ‘ Victory over Karystos ’ , and the name Naxiades , which occurs in the same inscribed casualty-list ( ML 48 ) can be similarly explained . |
| 2 | What were houses made of at this time ? |
| 3 | Er because of by this time I 'd er joined the Independent Labour Party and er we used to run news-sheets off you see . |
| 4 | Anthropology has played a significant part in illustrating ways in which symbolic use is made of the body to make statements about the condition of society itself ( Mauss 1935 , Douglas 1973 , Blacking 1977 , etc. ) , and hair became an apposite symbolic indicator of the problems the forces of control were faced with at this time . |
| 5 | ‘ What 's he in for this time ? ’ |
| 6 | The interesting question is whether the reform to regulations regarding fee structures in 1982 and , to a lesser extent , the greater freedom architects enjoyed from about this time to practice in a less restrictive manner have influenced the pattern of events . |
| 7 | Another undated scrap about Ivy must date from about this time , when she still invited people to luncheon : |
| 8 | From about this time , or a little later , he was also meditating , according to Du Camp , a novel about the theatre ; he would sit in the green room jotting down the confidences of over-candid actresses . |
| 9 | ‘ Where the devil did they come from at this time in the morning ? |
| 10 | A crisis of confidence among Britain 's producers was the result of this sort of taunting , and from around this time one begins to detect in the press a sense that the nation 's honour was threatened by its film industry 's parlous condition . |
| 11 | Since most Bills will already have been settled upon by this time — all the battles will have been lost and won — there is normally less gist about the debate and it may be purely formal . |
| 12 | To enjoy as much as she was going to for this time , she knew that , and she smiled and held him and kissed him when she felt the convulsion and heard his breath released . |
| 13 | There was a general election pending at this time and it seemed certain we should lose it . |
| 14 | I thought to myself , ’ What 's he up to at this time of night ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Jesus , Father , and where would you be walking to at this time of the morning ? ’ |
| 16 | Wireless World almost created civil war in the audio industry at about this time over its publication of one of the first RC-coupled amplifiers . |
| 17 | The total amount of growth hormone that is secreted per day increases to a maximum at about the time of puberty and is partially responsible for the growth spurt that is seen at about this time . |
| 18 | There was a perfect grace which architects had been working towards through the seventeenth century and which seemed to peak in its purest form at about this time , not without a little Royal influence from Holland ! |
| 19 | It bears the initials R.P. 1604 , which stand for Ralph Piggot , whose family arrived in the parish at about this time . |
| 20 | The maid of all work also died at about this time and was not replaced . |
| 21 | It was at about this time that the Duke of Devonshire created the splendid avenue of lime trees which started beside some large houses — Afton House ; Bolton House and Linden House — on the south side of Chiswick High Road , and extending down to the northern boundary of Chiswick House grounds , sweeping on through the magnificent wrought-iron gates , at the end of Hogarth Lane , and continuing through the gardens to the house . |
| 22 | The influence of Britain as a nation was probably approaching its peak at about this time ; the British possessions were worldwide ; the British Empire was acclaimed universally ; Queen Victoria was declared Empress of India , and the armed force — particularly the Royal Navy — was much respected , although British Imperialism was distrusted by some , such as the United States of America . |
| 23 | At about this time the wife of one of Leslie 's men , anticipating the ultimate verdict , sent me a highly elaborate printed card intended as an acknowledgment of condolence on the loss of her husband . |
| 24 | The pollen stratigraphy indicates that Salix -dominated vegetation , with a wide variety of herbs was prominent until about 6000 B.P. At about this time Empetrum and Calluna heath , grassland with abundant Plantago lanceolata and P. maritima , and fern-rich vegetation became widespread . |
| 25 | Nero also made his proclamation in the stadium at Isthmia in a deliberate evocation of Flamininus , and adopted a bearded portrait at about this time . |
| 26 | It is possible that the motive was astrological and that the invention of horoscopic astrology at about this time was due to the influence of Iranian doctrines of the immortality and celestial origin of the soul . |
| 27 | It was also at about this time that a friend of Charlotte ( whom I met at a party ) commented on how much better Charlotte was looking — considering the circumstances . |
| 28 | At about this time tights were no longer worn on stage : ‘ wet white ’ was used for the Girls ' legs . |
| 29 | Such secondary pulses have been observed at about this time of year after very strong El Ninos in 1957 , 1956 and 1972 — but this 1982 ‘ secondary ’ would have been stronger than the ‘ primary ’ it belongs to , again raising the question ‘ why ? ’ |
| 30 | German radar at St Marc or lookouts at about this time reported 17 ships , so the coastal batteries were closed up for action against ships . |