Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ankles remain together at all times and feet should be over the knees . |
| 2 | One can think of these fluctuations as pairs of particles of light or gravity that appear together at some time , move apart , and then come together again and annihilate each other . |
| 3 | Many animals , from sheep to starlings , breed only at certain times of year — again depending on day length . |
| 4 | An RSPCA official said : ‘ This all seems very pointless because wasps die out at this time of year anyway . ’ |
| 5 | When I began collecting material , one of the Blaxhall people offered me an open invitation : ‘ Drop in at any time if you want to know anything . |
| 6 | Facilities for homeless people are of course open only at certain times of the day and I had n't the money to go anywhere else . |
| 7 | Election Call , the daily phone-in , has attracted audiences of more than a million , compared with between 300,000 and 700,000 who normally tune in at that time . |
| 8 | In the Western world ( though not often in developing countries ) many public library users read recreationally at one time or another , and large numbers of people read in this way almost exclusively . |
| 9 | Neighbours say the animals bark incessantly at all times of the day and night . |
| 10 | The NTV , with its headquarters in Lagos , had television stations in all nineteen state capitals which link up at certain times — especially for the main evening news bulletin — and have federally appointed management . |
| 11 | Often they germinate well at this time of year , and will overwinter and get off to a good start next spring . |
| 12 | Are you aware that you eat differently at certain times of the month and perhaps even crave sweet food when your period arrives ? |
| 13 | I thought it was rather a bad sign that I was told I could , as a family friend , go in at any time . |
| 14 | He said just go in at any time and we 'll pick it up . |
| 15 | Broadcast schedules have to be planned in advance , programmes go out at regular times and have slots of fixed length . |
| 16 | ‘ If you think I 'm going to let you turn out at this time of night you 've got another think coming . |
| 17 | Whether or not this control and its prerequisite knowledge remain as properties of a single ‘ command ’ module , or shift about heterarchically , both views are forms of what I shall later want to call a ‘ light up ’ view of consciousness : as in a pinball machine different areas light up at different times depending on the state of the game . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Few biologists have not at one time or another marvelled at the exquisite fit that can be found between the characteristics of an organism and the characteristics of its environment . |
| 20 | I have not at any time or in any capacity written to Cllr Anderson . |
| 21 | Collectively , that does not leave many of us out ; and there can , of course , be few of us who have not at some time or another suffered from what might be thought of as a sexual problem albeit , perhaps , a trifling one . |
| 22 | Few workers have not at some time or another been strongly attracted towards a client . |
| 23 | Children who perform differently at different times of day may be reacting to a changed quantity or quality of lighting level . |