Example sentences of "[pron] have at [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 I had at one time abandoned hope that the little book would ever be published , for the only copy , typed laboriously by myself , was stolen from a railway carriage on Delhi Station .
2 I had at that time , and I 'm trying to recall probably two or three people working directly for me , yes
3 You were n't of afraid of me but the accent that I had at that time .
4 Augmentations are worth searching out , for there is many a manor , grand house , or estate which has at one time been owned by an eminent person in receipt of an augmentation of one kind or another — and there is almost certainly a good tale to tell .
5 A child is not to be taken as having a learning difficulty solely because the language ( or form of the language ) in which he is or will be taught is different from a language ( or from of language ) which has at any time been spoken in the house .
6 that he or she is or has been a director of a company which has at any time become insolvent ( whether while he or she was a director or subsequently ) ; and
7 The result is that there are books on many library shelves which have at one time been declared obscene or indecent and may be so categorized again .
8 Conversely , where existing competition is light and the traditional catchment area of the firm large , a wide restraint may be expected to be upheld ; and ( 4 ) a prohibition against accepting instructions from any person who has at any time , or over a long period , been a client of the outgoing partner 's former firm .
9 He recalled tales about her , that she had at one time belonged to a respectable family of farmers ; unbelievable now , for she could certainly no longer be placed in that category .
10 Feeling closer to him than she had at any time since her mother 's death , Rory hid her face against his shoulder .
11 Jeremy Taylor , who had at one time been chaplain to Archbishop Laud , was no Calvinist .
12 Even nobles who had at one time covertly recommended such a union were alarmed by the unseemly haste , and realized that in any case the tide of national opinion was against the match .
13 He had at one time used the property as a guest house and a number of people , who had at one time or another resided in the guest house , had become friends of his .
14 This leads to a further conclusion that these wares were brought to the site by the Catuvellauni , who had at that time embarked on westward expansion .
15 We may regret we live in a permissive society but I doubt whether even the most staunch defender of a better age would maintain that all or even most of those who have at one time or in one way or another been led astray morally have thereby become depraved or corrupt " .
16 In the event that you have at any time during the currency of your appointment any grievance concerning your appointment with the Board then you should raise that with your line manager .
17 So when we came to make the recording in Vienna I asked Strauss through a mutual friend we had at that time if I could use a fuller body of strings in the climaxes .
18 In fact , in this case the unit was out on a CDL trial with quite inadequate documentation — the only documentation we had at that time was such that we were frightened to show it to the teacher because we realized that it would ‘ finish him off ’ .
19 Oh we had it was the Airleys we had at that time .
20 But it 's on a hill in the , in the , in the , it 's a long way down from there to walk and , and if I remember rightly it was on the outside of the hotel , on a bank and that to me means that erm if we had had some weather , which we had at that time , then the roots could have suffered but the other clue I think is that erm it comes into leaf first and it drops its leaves first in the autumn so maybe it 's a different tree than the other , different variety , because there are several horse chestnuts are n't there ?
21 Er because me sis me sister , two of me sisters went in service , er there was me , at this time , me , me brother , two sisters , no , two brothers , five , six , well I , I have , we have at one time me mother and father slept downstairs in the front room .
22 There had at one time , Agnes had told her , been a full complement of horses and hounds , for Sir John had been a keen sportsman .
23 On one occasion , when time had been scheduled in a departmental meeting for discussion of my questions , ten out of twelve members of staff present indicated that they had at one time or another received complaints from girls ( usually in the third or fourth year ) about the male bias of their overall literary ‘ diet ’ .
24 Now when I tell you about lodging houses , we had four registered lodging houses in Ipswich that they had at that time .
25 They sometimes have problems with the control of their dentures when eating certain types of food , and some have slight difficulties with swallowing as the muscles get weaker ( or if they have at some time suffered a small stroke ) , so they dislike being watched .
26 The North Berwick line enjoys a spectacular claim to fame because it has at some time or other in its history been powered by every possible form of motive power ; horse , steam , diesel and electricity .
27 It had at one time been a larger crude producer than Saudi Arabia , with an output in 1964 of 2.3 million b/d against the Saudi 1.9 million b/d , only being overtaken in 1966 .
28 He had been able to join in mathematical discussion with the English he had at that time .
29 By taking my hand and giving signs , he had at one time wanted me to come to his house — an invitation no doubt to show his friendship .
30 I believe he had at one time worked with Cizek and he certainly knew of Tagore 's work and writing .
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