Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at this time " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can only deduce that the Eurasian and African plates began driving together at this time , with the latter dragged down beneath the rising Alpine mountains . |
| 2 | After lunch ( at about two o'clock ) many of us feel tired and may take a short nap , even though body temperature does not nominally fall much at this time . |
| 3 | ‘ Meg 's no good — she 's away — and you wo n't want to be driving far at this time of night … ’ |
| 4 | He had businesses in the North and used regularly at this time of year at the end of the summer sales , to go the rounds of his shops , take stock , examine the books , and so on . |
| 5 | The region of Conques suffered especially at this time from the breakdown of public authority and the rise of an aristocracy exercising local power from newly built castles . |
| 6 | ‘ Ordinarily I would have commented in some detail about our business , but can not do so at this time as we are in a closed period prior to the announcement of our 1992 results on 24 March ’ . |
| 7 | Often they germinate well at this time of year , and will overwinter and get off to a good start next spring . |
| 8 | If weather permits and the soil is n't too cold and wet , the following crops can be sown outdoors at this time . |
| 9 | The school owed much at this time to the support of William Smyth , Bishop of Lincoln , who was one of the founders of Brasenose College in 1509 . |
| 10 | ‘ What on earth are you doing home at this time ? ’ she demanded . |
| 11 | What are you doing here at this time ? |
| 12 | What 's he doing here at this time of night ? |
| 13 | ‘ What on earth are you doing here at this time of the morning ? ’ she demanded sleepily . |
| 14 | ‘ Of course I 've got a minute — what the bloody hell d' you think I 'm doing here at this time of night ? ’ |
| 15 | Many traders , dockers and railwaymen came into these towns which grew rapidly at this time . |
| 16 | Her aunt 's house was all of seven miles away and darkness fell early at this time of the year . |
| 17 | Moreover , the latest available data on more local patterns of employment growth in the 1980s indicate the sharpness of the boundary between the two parts of the country , because they show that , though more rural parts of the North performed well at this time , the greatest concentration of rapid job growth occurred south of a line running from the Severn estuary to Lincolnshire ( figure 8.1 ) . |
| 18 | Many young people with the encouragement of their parents , left home at this time to avoid these responsibilities . |
| 19 | I expect you 're tired — you generally have a sherry and a nap when you come home at this time , and , besides , there are those papers to correct and I hoped you 'd help me unpack . |
| 20 | There 's always breakfast and Planning here at this time . |