Example sentences of "[pron] at a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's amusing himself at a dull time of year , and being here without his womenfolk , but he 's as adroit at calming the storm as he is at raising it . |
| 2 | He called it Boozebusters and the idea was that wives ( and more rarely , husbands ) who were fed up with their partner 's non-stop round of office parties would hire a Boozebuster squad to snatch the miscreant from the pub , or wine-bar or restaurant or even the office itself at a pre-arranged time . |
| 3 | ‘ Is your sister expecting you at a specific time ? ’ asked Penry when they were on the way to Haverfordwest at last . |
| 4 | Lock your door , set whatever device will rouse you at a definite time ( cooking-timer , flashing alarm clock , vibrator ) — set it to go off in eight minutes . |
| 5 | on a , on how I find you at a particular time . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh — have I caught you at a bad time , dear ? ’ |
| 7 | If a public sector organisation says that it will do something at a certain time , the customer wants that to happen . |
| 8 | We would arrange to be something at a particular time in the evening and then the following day we would compare our thoughts . |
| 9 | Another way is to catch a bus from Bishop 's Castle to Newtown or Shrewsbury ( for the sake of the argument , suppose that there is one at a suitable time ) . |
| 10 | ‘ I know you and Niall did n't exactly get off to a good start , but if it 's any consolation you caught him at a bad time . |
| 11 | to grow things you 've got ta do it at a specific time if you 're gon na wan na plan |
| 12 | He said the scheme could give confidence to youngsters who were in danger of losing it at a crucial time in their lives through adverse family or other circumstances . |
| 13 | The second exception was established in Tuberville v. Stamp where it was held that liability extended to a fire originating in a field as much as to one beginning in a house , but if the defendant kindles it at a proper time and place and the violence of the wind carry it to his neighbour 's land , that is fit to be given in evidence . |
| 14 | Finally retrieval is a separate process because of another familiar phenomenon that it is possible to know something , that is it must be in storage , but not actually succeed in retrieving it at a particular time . |
| 15 | Mind you can always say to you caught me at a bad time , you say , it 's supposed to have appointment only , but just say , can you , is there any chance of you coming back . |
| 16 | We usually got one back saying they 'd been accepted and they 'd deal with them at a certain time you know . |