Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] at [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should think at that time the employers thought , Well we do n't want to be arguing about wages every five minutes during this War business you know and they all got b you know they got bags of work you know that of course , do n't you ? |
| 2 | I understand from 's nephew that the electric convector in the sitting room is dead , and shall speak to about some kind of replacement , though there is of course the second convector in the bedroom which should suffice at this time of year . |
| 3 | Now you must have at some time or other in advertising closed the deal on the phone . |
| 4 | ‘ I must admit at that time I had little sympathy for the victims , having heard gruesome evidence at court , but my feelings have now changed . |
| 5 | She said Copper had a 50:50 chance but that his leg may break at any time , not to mention all the problems that come with keeping a horse standing up and not moving for what could be months rather than weeks . |
| 6 | While we can not provide the details you might want at this time , I 'd encourage you to give us the benefit of the doubt . |
| 7 | He did so when play was about to resume after a stoppage early in the last session of the fourth day , with the score 384 for 7 , and he could hardly have timed it more precisely ; 60 for 3 overnight , and , as next morning it looked as though it might rain at any time , Marshall decided to polish the rest off quickly . |
| 8 | US and allied governments stressed that the exact moment was unimportant as it was not a " trigger point " , but that military action might begin at any time they chose thereafter , unless Iraq had complied with the UN resolutions . |
| 9 | Anything at all , and probably bad at that , might happen at any time … . |
| 10 | The exploitation of a range of alternative contractual and working time arrangements permits firms to secure precisely the number and types of such secondary workers that they might require at any time . |
| 11 | Already almost a year earlier Churchill had recognised that the enemy collapse in Europe might come at any time . |
| 12 | The , we did er our baths were dating from the nineteen fourteen period and they were getting rather old the , the , the boiler was n't too good and we were afraid that it might burst at some time . |
| 13 | He developed the habit of carrying a book of poetry in his pocket , which he might open at any time for a swig of the sublime . |
| 14 | To summarise so far : a ) False sensations or sensory illusions may occur at any time in a pilot 's career and in fact commonly do occur in the normal course of events . |
| 15 | Although in theory the organism could reproduce at any time during its growth phase , we can expect that eventually an optimum time for reproduction would emerge . |
| 16 | The Sun claims that the Stonebridge council estate in north London ‘ is Britain 's tinderbox where Los Angeles-style riots could explode at any time ’ . |
| 17 | One of Brazil 's biggest industrial areas has become an environmental time-bomb which could explode at any time . |
| 18 | The agents of the Phoenix King could appear at any time and drag away the most reputable people . |
| 19 | It clearly was n't something that the patrol section could do at that time . |
| 20 | He thought he had probably broken it , but there was little he could do at this time of night . |
| 21 | Er , it was the best word that I felt I could use at this time , it may be that a , if a debate ensues from this , or from er , other er , writings about , of myself and other people over this next few months , that a term will emerge that people feel happy with , but certainly we are talking about community partnership . |
| 22 | She wrote eighteen more novels , none of them distinguished or now read , enabling her to live alone in relative comfort for sixty years and to give her only son the best upper-class education that her country could provide at that time . |
| 23 | The pipeline from Petrobras passes beneath the houses ; an explosion could occur at any time . |
| 24 | St. Leonard 's Street , Sheepmarket and Broad Street were notorious arenas for these events which could occur at any time through the winter months . |
| 25 | No , a sister could marry at any time , and leave me . |
| 26 | Doctors had warned that Daniel , five , of Sinfin , Derby , could die at any time . |
| 27 | Doctors had warned that Daniel , five , of Sinfin , Derby , could die at any time . |
| 28 | There is no tidal limitation and a lifeboat could respond at any time day or night . |
| 29 | The changes imposed were just about as much as the Services could take at that time without loss of morale and fighting efficiency . |
| 30 | AGLOBAL aviation security network is needed urgently to prevent another Lockerbie disaster , which could happen at any time , an expert on international terrorism warned yesterday . |