Example sentences of "[prep] any [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In any other time he would have been a pirate or a highwayman . ’ |
| 2 | Since many kinds of trilobites co-existed at any one time they were probably occupying different ecological niches , behaving in different ways , corresponding with the wide variation in shape that they show . |
| 3 | There must , in fact , be few marriages in which temporary sexual difficulties do not arise and , as we have seen , at any one time they exist for a fair proportion of married adults . |
| 4 | At any one time they are likely to have two hundred and fifty in various stages of recovery . |
| 5 | And so therefore at any one time we are working , I mean that 's what we do , you know we are working at one particular area . |
| 6 | In the second and third years … drama , dance and music are taught together , but with three staff timetabled ; so at any one time we split the groups up we 've got group numbers of about 20 — three staff between two forms — and they 'll say work in drama on a theme for six weeks , then move on and explore that theme in music , then move on and explore that in dance . |
| 7 | As regards offers , at any one time we would have over 1000 offers available in-store ; these change on a weekly basis and it would be almost impossible to give advance notice to all staff ; we do of course highlight them in-store to customers and many are advertised in the national press or on TV so that customers [ and potential customers ] may be attracted to shop in JS branches . |
| 8 | At any other time she would have recognised the bitter note of personal experience in his voice , but all she wanted at that moment was to flee before her worst fears were realised . |
| 9 | At any other time she might have appreciated the beauty of the morning , a perfect , brilliant , cloudless day , golden and enticing after a refreshing overnight rain . |
| 10 | He left a plate of chocolate biscuits as a peace offering — at any other time it would have been a great treat — and went off with his friends . |
| 11 | ‘ At any other time it would be a pleasure . ’ |
| 12 | But at any other time it 's the end of your turn . |
| 13 | At any other time I would probably telephone my agent and discuss this point for twenty minutes or so , for it is the kind of marginal detail which intrigues me and has never appeared to bore him . |
| 14 | At any other time I 'd have laughed at this innocent self-betrayal ; just now it did n't seem funny , only irritating . |
| 15 | ‘ Why — because , though at any other time I could perhaps let my feelings have their head , this time , for a reason I simply was n't seeing then , I just knew that it could not be like that with you . ’ |
| 16 | Alternatively , you can make an intriguing doom-laden prediction ( ‘ beware the old Tilean who walks with a limp — he carries a poisoned blade for you ’ ) which you can make come true at any later time you like . |
| 17 | At any given time she has been appropriately fearless and self-contained in the message she has applied . |
| 18 | A person may be resident in more than one country but at any given time he/she can only be domiciled in one . |