Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] other time [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 That was all , the slightest touch of his fingers on hers , but she was reminded of that other time he had touched her , when he 'd helped her out of the pool , and now , as then , something inside her responded to his touch .
2 In any other time he would have been a pirate or a highwayman . ’
3 At any other time she would have recognised the bitter note of personal experience in his voice , but all she wanted at that moment was to flee before her worst fears were realised .
4 At any other time she might have appreciated the beauty of the morning , a perfect , brilliant , cloudless day , golden and enticing after a refreshing overnight rain .
5 He left a plate of chocolate biscuits as a peace offering — at any other time it would have been a great treat — and went off with his friends .
6 At any other time it would be a pleasure . ’
7 But at any other time it 's the end of your turn .
8 At any other time I would probably telephone my agent and discuss this point for twenty minutes or so , for it is the kind of marginal detail which intrigues me and has never appeared to bore him .
9 At any other time I 'd have laughed at this innocent self-betrayal ; just now it did n't seem funny , only irritating .
10 ‘ Why — because , though at any other time I could perhaps let my feelings have their head , this time , for a reason I simply was n't seeing then , I just knew that it could not be like that with you . ’
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