Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] at this time " in BNC.
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| 1 | To those who encountered him at this time , he seemed to grow more thick-set and muscular , endowed already with a public presence . |
| 2 | If she felt the presence of a man she had never known here in this house , just how much did Marguerite feel his presence and just how much did she need it at this time ? |
| 3 | So impassive and peculiar had the Collector become , so obviously on the verge , everyone thought so ( you would have thought so yourself if you had seen him at this time ) , of giving up the ghost , that his face was scrutinized more closely than ever for any trace of remorse as the gorse bruiser was carried out . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | We glimpse him at this time as the ‘ very accurate , industrious young man ’ commended by ‘ Governor ’ Thomas Pownall [ q.v . ] . |
| 6 | Seven minutes is what it takes me at this time in the evening ; eight , sometimes nine , coming the opposite way in the morning , to allow for waits at the two pedestrian crossings and the crowds coming out of the station . |
| 7 | So by the end of the day , I was like , look I 've come all this way , which was n't totally true , but I said , look I 've come all this way , the bloke arranged that he would meet us at this time , and he 's not here , and like , you know , I 've come two and a half hours in the car , and I 've got ta drive home again , and we were gon na have a look at the house . |
| 8 | Ask the Lord to bless and encourage them at this time and that they would not suffer from ill health . |
| 9 | One of the more experienced printers remembers Laura asking him at this time to ‘ have a go ’ at producing a pattern she liked . |
| 10 | As her parting shot she told me never to phone her at this time of the night again . |
| 11 | She could not imagine who might want to see her at this time on a Saturday morning . |
| 12 | Whitelegge 's knowledge of epidemiology , and his experience of public health administration in industrial districts , recommended him at this time to the Home Office , which was being pressed to reorganize its industrial health work . |
| 13 | Alec Guinness , who first met him at this time , considers that reading poetry on radio was the best thing he did . |
| 14 | The situation is best illustrated by a letter that reached me at this time from Mrs Mugabe : There was no way in which I could reply to the letter except by a futile expression of sympathy . |
| 15 | The sea-beet Steve used grows wild round the shores of Britain : collect it at this time of year from a clean dune . |
| 16 | Ehlen also claiming one at this time , while Fw.Kestel had opened the scoring with one at 1305 . |
| 17 | Mothers should be able to say ‘ I do n't love you at this time ’ instead of the belief that ‘ I am your mother , therefore , I love you ’ which we are all programmed to believe . |
| 18 | ‘ He would n't have to tell them at this time of night . |
| 19 | ‘ I know , ’ said Henry , ‘ and I am sorry to bother you at this time of night but my client has given me to understand that this is when you would be available . |
| 20 | I 'm sorry to bother you at this time of night . |