Example sentences of "[pn reflx] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Although neither Mrs Chalmers , the light-bulb lady , nor old Frank who does tyres and drives the Recovery , work Sundays , Pa is always ready to collect vehicles himself at any time , night and day , weekends included . |
2 | The most dramatic development of the last quarter of a century has been the emergence of the urban-rural shift as a major factor in population redistribution , but in the late 1970s and early 1980s its strength waned somewhat , as too did the pace of local decentralization , whereas the North-South divide reasserted itself at this time after a period of lower significance . |
3 | It is an error to assume , as I did myself at one time , that theory necessarily exists in an ancillary and elucidatory relationship to criticism , which is in turn at the service of literature . |
4 | It was really for myself at that time , in the same way that my buying the picture by Stubbs of ‘ Pumpkin with a Stable Lad ’ in 1936 was for myself . |
5 | I OFTEN feel a touch like Ebenezer Scrooge myself at this time of year when fairies , goblins , elves and rosy-cheeked brats skip and flit across the silver screen . |
6 | They could have discharged themselves at any time , but they were destitute and the best was done for them that was possible in the circumstances . |
7 | Do you see ah , th the pe , the boys and girls or the , the young people that you 're working with erm , having the same veering towards the same kind of thing , I mean , do you see pressures on on girls , towards achieving that perfect body in the way that you felt it yourself at one time . |
8 | You ca n't go walking around New York by yourself at this time of night . |
9 | As we said in the Introduction , this is a little artificial , but you may well have to do this kind of work yourself at some time . |
10 | ‘ You must not reproach yourself at any time . |