Example sentences of "[to-vb] at [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all her encouragement to them to come at any time to her house , Rose herself was wary of calling at Great Meadow . |
| 2 | It is very , very unfortunate to come at this time . ’ |
| 3 | … or is it just another of those little habits ( much favoured by men ) that seem to flourish at this time of year . |
| 4 | Tell me something of the hours you used to work at that time . |
| 5 | Of course , we had to walk to work at that time o' day . |
| 6 | At recent rates about 80 per cent of married women can expect to work at some time in their married lifetime ( Martin and Roberts 1984 ) . |
| 7 | Instead , holdings and dealings would be recorded electronically in an account , corresponding to a bank account , with one of a number of ‘ account operators , ’ linked to TAURUS , from whom shareholders would be able to obtain at any time documentary evidence of the state of their accounts . |
| 8 | They passed , apparently oblivious , intent only on their own business ; but hardly a soul in the village failed to pass at some time during that day , and not one missed a detail of what was there to be seen . |
| 9 | On the other hand , where severance of the subject matter is envisaged under the contract and property is to pass at this time , it is possible to argue that this is only a sale of goods ( see Kursell v Timber Operators and Contractors Ltd [ 1927 ] 1 KB 298 ) . |
| 10 | Families and friends should be encouraged to visit at any time . |
| 11 | These are marvellous opportunities to invite all sorts of people — friends , neighbours , relatives — to visit at any time between , say , eleven o'clock in the morning and ten o'clock at night . |
| 12 | Florence and Rome are stunning to visit at any time of the year — but in the winter they have a charm of their own . |
| 13 | So anyway , before I heard that I 'd got an appointment at the Clinic , I got caught for one burglary and so I told them about the rest , 'cos I wanted to get off it an ’ I knew that was the only way of getting off it and I thought , now I 've been caught , I might as well get meself stuck down for a bit , like , rather than get a big fine which I wouldn'a been able to handle at that time … . |
| 14 | With the British having more distance to cover at that time than any other nation , including the Americans : ‘ Cable enterprises supplanted the railways as popular investments ’ 2 . |
| 15 | Maybe she was just waiting for a chance to go abroad and wanted to be ready to leave at any time . |
| 16 | Asked if he had been tempted to quit at any time during the past eight days , he raised a smile and a quip : ‘ I 've felt like that for the last two years ! |
| 17 | But there may be legitimate reasons for incorporating a company which is intended to remain dormant indefinitely or for retaining on the register a company which for the time being has ceased to carry on business but which the members may wish to use at some time in the future for the same or some different business . |
| 18 | But all managers have to negotiate at some time so it pays to learn about handling the process well . |
| 19 | And a call came over the radio that there was a problem with one of the pumps downstairs , so seeing I had nothing better to do at that time I went downstairs to give them a hand . |
| 20 | ‘ That was a damn silly thing to do at this time of night . ’ |
| 21 | If you hike down here ( a much wiser thing to do at this time of year ) the Grand Canyon Department of Arbitrary Silly Rules and Regulations have erected signs that read ‘ Do not go beyond this point without water . ’ |
| 22 | Blake was not averse to entering such places , but could think of a number of things he 'd prefer to do at this time . |
| 23 | They are doing work which every compositor is called upon to do at some time or another , that is plain composition , " but he added that the men do " the many operations that go to make up the comp 's calling " . |
| 24 | It 's what everyone has to do at some time — it 's called taking responsibility for yourself . |
| 25 | Sometimes we may need to make changes which we reserve the right to do at any time . |
| 26 | Sterling+2 is supplied with DOS and Windows versions in one box , enabling users to switch at any time , free of charge , from one operating system to the other . |
| 27 | Certainly from the spring of 1918 Lenin was almost obsessed by the need to get grain to the cities of the north-west , for it was their turn to starve at that time . |
| 28 | The air raids failing to materialise at that time , 152 of these were transferred to the Orchard London County Council Hospital in Dartford . |
| 29 | Poland restored relations on Feb. 27 , calling the rift a mistake , apologising for an anti-Semitic purge in March 1968 and offering to restore citizenship to about 30,000 Jews forced to emigrate at that time . |
| 30 | She will not be called upon to contribute at this time . ’ |