Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] at time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jargon and quirkiness assail him at times like passing attacks of cramp , but in the main he is always on the alert for a new ‘ angle ’ , always individual in expression and always ready to usher the most illuminating quotations to their correct places with the discreet poise of a butler from his chosen period . |
| 2 | Then it turns to the effect of the ‘ managerial revolution ’ ; that is , it says , to concentrate power in the hands of directors and to withdraw power from ineffective and acquiescent shareholders who only exercise it at times of crisis . |
| 3 | His hatred of the Empress , whom he never forgave for producing a male heir and thus depriving him of the succession to the throne , together with his inveterate hostility to what he considered to be the ‘ reactionary powers ’ , led him at times into very deep waters indeed . |
| 4 | In fact , Andrew 's tone reminds me at times of Marc Bolan , particularly when he 's playing the percussive , rhythmic section across bars 4 and 5 . |
| 5 | Many years before he had described , as we have seen the acute but generalized sense of apprehension which invaded him at times of stress or exhaustion and one recognizes in his temperament a permanent sense of impending doom and disaster — as if the world were always threatening to fall in upon him . |
| 6 | Few stations of the first generation survived the vast increase of railway traffic , but some did and they are well worth seeing Railways added a vast amount of detail to the English landscape , besides manipulating it at times on a large scale . |
| 7 | I have got to try and help them at times like this when they need me . ’ |
| 8 | I have got to try and help them at times like this when they need me . ’ |