Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | On St Kilda solifluction and the formation of pro-talus ramparts occurred at this time ( Sutherland et al. , 1984 ) . |
| 2 | One of them brings us evidence of how Ramsey appeared at this time to an austere critic . |
| 3 | Her general practitioner had at one time treated her unsuccessfully for this with an antidepressant . |
| 4 | British companies had to build their lines between revolutions and had to be prepared to accept the damage to bridges , track , and stations caused by civil war and insurgency , but the opportunities presented in the wheat-growing and stock-rearing of Argentina , the coffee , rubber , and minerals of Brazil , the gold , silver , copper , nitrates , and sheep-farming of Chile , the cattle of Uruguay , and the sugar , coffee , cocoa , tobacco , cotton , and cattle of Venezuela seemed at that time limitless . |
| 5 | Three pound fifteen shillings yeah and that 's how , that 's how the work went at that time but as I say these boatmen erm they used t they used to sit down on lock gates day in and day out and did n't have a ship to come in but I 've kno kno known them to row down the river at high tide or it 's before high tide and there 'd be another erm , there 'd be other boatmen there , one was called , he went down , he used to go down and get 'em going , there used to be a race between these two families or the and the first one got the boat , the first one roped it in you see , or wh what we call roping in , moor mooring the ship up , that was |
| 6 | They were good value , because they were in a style that he could wear anywhere and they were strong enough for all his walking and kept his feet from being bruised on the city pavements , for when you walk as much and as far as Boy did at that time you can hurt your feet badly . |
| 7 | All those who went through the ordeal had at some time survived an accident or illness when their lives had been despaired of . |
| 8 | Councillor Matheson also asked if any social workers presently in the employ of Orkney Islands Council had at any time in their careers , attended conferences , seminars or other courses organised by the Reachout Trust ? |
| 9 | As the law stood at that time local authorities could place limits on the number of pupils in each of its schools , and the Secretary of State said that he had no power to intervene in the Dewsbury case . |
| 10 | As Duclaud-Williams ( 1978 ) suggests , the operation of rent rebates and other principles embodied in the Act tended at that time to swing the balance further in favour of home buyers and away from the two rented sectors . |
| 11 | In February 1987 it secured only 6.4% — less than the 11.8% won by the Progressive Democrats , a new party whose emergence seemed at that time to betoken the awakening of a new and more specifically political consciousness among Irish voters . |
| 12 | It is true that elephants existed at that time in the extreme south of China , but the fact that Fu Hao 's cup was studded with turquoise points to India as a possible source . |
| 13 | No major Arab initiative materialized at this time , although the Yugoslav Foreign Minister on behalf of the Non-aligned Movement pursued ideas on lines similar to those explored in December by Algerian President Col. Chadli Bendjedid [ see p. 37927 ] . |
| 14 | Historically , the town looked at one time as if would become the main centre of Thames Valley affairs . |
| 15 | The invasion scare passed and the Troop went north to do independent training , as all Troops did at that time . |
| 16 | The Hong Kong government fears the market may be thinking the same way : in late April it announced legislation to formalise the power of local banks to pay negative interest rates on Hong Kong dollar deposits ( just as Swiss banks did at one time when the Swiss wanted to discourage an inflow of foreign money into the Swiss franc ) . |
| 17 | Expectations had at one time run high , but a parallel case of offence by weakness emerged from the accounts of the home . |
| 18 | I would imagine that the site had at one time been occupied by a large merchant 's house as four of the houses were built over a medieval cellar . |
| 19 | Against the $9.5 billion of deposit liabilities outstanding at the end of 1985 , the banks had at that time only about $1.5 billion of assets in the form of dinar credits . |
| 20 | No one could work as many as 35 hours per week since Age Concern was unable to provide full-time contracts ; however four support workers in Newham and three in Ipswich did at one time work 20 hours or more per week ( see Table 3.3 ) . |
| 21 | There were two outbuildings across the yard ; one looked like a converted barn and the other had at one time styed pigs . |
| 22 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 23 | No such guide existed at that time ; but summarisation of legal matters in any comprehensive yet comprehensible form is a difficult and risky business , so that the task was not one which the writer regarded with relish . |
| 24 | Towards the end of the novel , the narrator records : " What Antoine needed at that time was to find someone capable of proving to him that his past was worthy of being admired , that it contained elements worthy of gratitude and friendship . " |
| 25 | It was apparent as the light grew that the rocks which lay scattered among the trees had at one time been arranged in order . |
| 26 | This student had at one time worked in catering until her love for learning foreign languages prompted her to tackle French and Spanish as a mature student . |
| 27 | Few people travelled at that time who did n't have to . |
| 28 | Another journey Chapman made at this time was to Scotland , to watch Neil Dewar of Third Lanark . |
| 29 | No we 're going to erm Horsham for the Christmas party , the works Christmas party and erm , the hotel where Rob stopped at last time when he was down in Horsham , that 's where they 're doing Christmas party this year , so we obviously we staying in a double room |
| 30 | You know the tears came at this time |