Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [det] time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best time to see the Lakes he felt was not necessarily high summer , and he recommended people to come at all times of the year so that they might appreciate the great torrents of water after rain and misty light on cloudy days . |
| 2 | … or is it just another of those little habits ( much favoured by men ) that seem to flourish at this time of year . |
| 3 | Florence and Rome are stunning to visit at any time of the year — but in the winter they have a charm of their own . |
| 4 | And of ISD explained , with her staff shop sandwiches in hand : ‘ It is very difficult to cross at most times of day . |
| 5 | ‘ That was a damn silly thing to do at this time of night . ’ |
| 6 | If you hike down here ( a much wiser thing to do at this time of year ) the Grand Canyon Department of Arbitrary Silly Rules and Regulations have erected signs that read ‘ Do not go beyond this point without water . ’ |
| 7 | The one thing he always refused to consider at any time of financial uncertainty was selling any of his personal shareholding in Virgin . |
| 8 | Regrettably but perhaps inevitably , the ambivalence of feeling and thought which is bound to exist at any time of change has been seized upon by those who can profit from it . |
| 9 | … let the organization of a canine animal become slightly plastic , which animal preyed chiefly on rabbits , but sometimes on hares ; let these same changes cause the number of rabbits very slowly to decrease and the number of hares to increase ; the effect of this would be that the fox or dog would be driven to try to catch more hares , and his numbers would tend to decrease ; his organization , however , being slightly plastic , those individuals with the lightest forms , longest limbs , and best eyesight ( though perhaps with less cunning or scent ) would be slightly favoured , let the difference be ever so small , and would tend to live longer and to survive during that time of the year when food was shortest ; they would also rear more young , which young would tend to inherit these slight peculiarities . |
| 10 | ‘ Do you think it would be sensible for a woman to go at that time of night into the house of an unmarried man ? ’ she asked . |
| 11 | " He has never asked me to go at this time of night before , " she whispered . |
| 12 | He glanced up at the sky and remarked : ‘ There 's nowhere to go at this time of night ’ , at which I said that I would be going home , and moved off to the right . |
| 13 | Perhaps it may even spur them to have a rethink ( miracles have been known to happen at this time of year ) and remove the threat of closure not just from St Bart 's but many other wonderful facilities up and down the country . |
| 14 | Whatever your kind of break , the abundance of things to see and do makes Brighton & Hove the right place to head for any time of year . |