Example sentences of "[pers pn] have at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had at one time abandoned hope that the little book would ever be published , for the only copy , typed laboriously by myself , was stolen from a railway carriage on Delhi Station . |
| 2 | I had at that time , and I 'm trying to recall probably two or three people working directly for me , yes |
| 3 | You were n't of afraid of me but the accent that I had at that time . |
| 4 | He recalled tales about her , that she had at one time belonged to a respectable family of farmers ; unbelievable now , for she could certainly no longer be placed in that category . |
| 5 | Feeling closer to him than she had at any time since her mother 's death , Rory hid her face against his shoulder . |
| 6 | In the event that you have at any time during the currency of your appointment any grievance concerning your appointment with the Board then you should raise that with your line manager . |
| 7 | So when we came to make the recording in Vienna I asked Strauss through a mutual friend we had at that time if I could use a fuller body of strings in the climaxes . |
| 8 | In fact , in this case the unit was out on a CDL trial with quite inadequate documentation — the only documentation we had at that time was such that we were frightened to show it to the teacher because we realized that it would ‘ finish him off ’ . |
| 9 | Oh we had it was the Airleys we had at that time . |
| 10 | But it 's on a hill in the , in the , in the , it 's a long way down from there to walk and , and if I remember rightly it was on the outside of the hotel , on a bank and that to me means that erm if we had had some weather , which we had at that time , then the roots could have suffered but the other clue I think is that erm it comes into leaf first and it drops its leaves first in the autumn so maybe it 's a different tree than the other , different variety , because there are several horse chestnuts are n't there ? |
| 11 | Er because me sis me sister , two of me sisters went in service , er there was me , at this time , me , me brother , two sisters , no , two brothers , five , six , well I , I have , we have at one time me mother and father slept downstairs in the front room . |
| 12 | On one occasion , when time had been scheduled in a departmental meeting for discussion of my questions , ten out of twelve members of staff present indicated that they had at one time or another received complaints from girls ( usually in the third or fourth year ) about the male bias of their overall literary ‘ diet ’ . |
| 13 | Now when I tell you about lodging houses , we had four registered lodging houses in Ipswich that they had at that time . |
| 14 | They sometimes have problems with the control of their dentures when eating certain types of food , and some have slight difficulties with swallowing as the muscles get weaker ( or if they have at some time suffered a small stroke ) , so they dislike being watched . |
| 15 | The North Berwick line enjoys a spectacular claim to fame because it has at some time or other in its history been powered by every possible form of motive power ; horse , steam , diesel and electricity . |
| 16 | It had at one time been a larger crude producer than Saudi Arabia , with an output in 1964 of 2.3 million b/d against the Saudi 1.9 million b/d , only being overtaken in 1966 . |
| 17 | He had been able to join in mathematical discussion with the English he had at that time . |
| 18 | By taking my hand and giving signs , he had at one time wanted me to come to his house — an invitation no doubt to show his friendship . |
| 19 | I believe he had at one time worked with Cizek and he certainly knew of Tagore 's work and writing . |
| 20 | He had at one time used the property as a guest house and a number of people , who had at one time or another resided in the guest house , had become friends of his . |
| 21 | There was Miss Sharon Hughes with whom the deceased had been very friendly and who , it is said , he had at one time wanted to marry . |
| 22 | He had at one time suspected his mother of doing precisely this . |
| 23 | Mr Hewitt , dying of cancer in hospital , said to Mrs Sen — his close friend for thirty years , with whom he had at one time cohabited — " The house is yours , Margaret . |
| 24 | These days he felt happier than he had at any time in his life . |
| 25 | Bigwig was racing back across the field , looking more agitated than he had at any time since the encounter with Captain Holly . |
| 26 | A little over an hour later , Harry felt more in control of events than he had at any time since Heather 's disappearance . |
| 27 | He had always considered Sir John a portly , self-indulgent toper , but at this moment the coroner seemed more at ease , sword and dagger in his hands , fighting for his life , than he had at any time since they had met . |
| 28 | The ladies murmured reluctant agreement , since most of them had at one time or another tried to oust her from at least one of the appointments which they themselves coveted . |
| 29 | A further survey of men in the Camberwell Reception Centre one night in 1965 found that a quarter of them had at one time been in mental hospitals and a further quarter were heavily dependent on alcohol . |
| 30 | All of us have at one time or another contributed to the Great Bores of Today , with our moans of the other night when we sat down to watch television and ‘ there was nothing on ’ . |