Example sentences of "be [prep] [det] time [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | As Elisabeth , Rosalind Plowright sounded more secure than she has been for some time on British stages and sang her last aria with true Verdian pathos and passion . |
2 | There has been for some time in Africa debate concerning the suitability for the Eucharist of wheat bread and grape wine . |
3 | I said I 'd be in any time after six that evening and he came for the key precisely on the hour . ’ |
4 | Then he disappointed her by saying he was checking whether it was possible for someone to go in and out unobserved , and how crowded it would be at that time of day . |
5 | There 's a Danish proverb , you know , that states that fish and guests smell after three days and er we all know the visits which have begun so successfully from friends and relatives , it need n't be Christmas , it could be at any time of the year , which are often ruined by people lingering on well past their sell-by date . |
6 | ‘ Whoever can it be at this time of night ? ’ asked Elizabeth . |
7 | Harriet drove her to the local hospital as soon as the pains started in mid-afternoon and , knowing how hazardous the road back in the dark could be at this time of the year , brought an overnight bag so that she could stay at a nearby hotel . |
8 | Whoever could it be at this time of night ? |
9 | ‘ And where d' you think you 've been to this time of night ? ’ |
10 | We were At that time of day the minima the minimum wage was fourteen shillings a day . |
11 | But they also say in the alternative that that since the plaintiffs themselves were at this time by mid to late October of nineteen eighty five , not ready or able to complete it would have been improper erm for the defendant to advise the plaintiffs to serve a special notice to complete and my Lord the question that therefore arises er whether , even if that were correct , er and it 's not admitted that it is , that exonerates the defendants from given the advice er and whether they should still have advised the plaintiff erm of the opportunity which was open to him , that the plaintiff could if necessary take that course himself or be advised to go er elsewhere and be advised independently is er this is , this the point of the matter which he regarded as improper and was not willing to do it on the plaintiff 's behalf . |
12 | It is a decay that became inevitable when the infamous Beeching Plan substituted the crass motif of economic viability for that of communal need , and ripped out the steel vertebrae of the nation , leaving whole areas more isolated than they had been at any time since the eighteenth century . |
13 | Supporters of gun control are in a stronger position now than they have been at any time since 1968 , after the shootings of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy . |
14 | But Alicia Lockwood at seventy-nine had been as strong-willed as she had been at any time of her life . |
15 | It is about this time of year that life at the headquarters of the Women Professional Golfers ' European Tour gets a little hectic for Membership Secretary Marion Davies . |
16 | So it 's all it 's from that time on it 's . |
17 | The Collection provides complete coverage of his management of Her Majesty 's from that time until his death in 1917 , including the original plans by the eminent theatre architect , C. J. Phipps . |
18 | ‘ It is ordered that in the interim and an injunction is hereby granted ordering that in the events ( i ) that the medical condition of [ J. ] changes in such a way that his life is threatened but is capable of being prolonged by the application to him of intensive therapeutic measures including artificial ventilation , and ( ii ) that he is at that time in the care of the … |
19 | But there usually is at this time of year anyway . |
20 | ‘ How beautiful it is at this time of the year . ’ |
21 | No there never is at this time of day , there is n't news |
22 | In fact , I was for some time of the opinion that this huge challenge ahead of us could not be surmounted without my bringing in additional staff from outside . |
23 | Again , sweetish , not unpleasant ; she was in that time of her youth when ripeness in any form spelt pleasure . |
24 | In the event the issue was largely forgotten in the upheaval following the General Strike in 1926 , although the Miners ' Federation was from that time on a strong supporter of a national non-contributory scheme of family allowances . |
25 | Bulgaria 's effective government was from this time in the hands of a Regency under Stambouloff . |
26 | And at three or four a.m. that morning , as O and Boy kissed for the second time , the blade of a Stanley knife sliced for the second time across the cheek of a man ( I do n't remember his name , it was n't anyone I knew ) who was at that time on his own , not with anyone , just waiting , on his own , at a bus stop , waiting for a night bus which was due at any minute . |
27 | Having followed P C and P C as he was at that time through the door , I went immediately to the bedroom on the right hand side , the second bedroom . |
28 | That 's how tight it was at that time o' day ! |
29 | I was at that time in Jesus Christ , Superstar . |
30 | By his order dated 12 May 1992 Waite J. directed that in the interim pending a further hearing in the events that ( 1 ) J. 's medical condition changed so that his life was threatened but was capable of being prolonged by intensive therapeutic measures including artificial ventilation , and ( 2 ) he was at that time in the health authority 's care and ( 3 ) the required drugs and equipment were or could reasonably be made available , the health authority were to cause such measures , including artificial ventilation , to be applied to J. for so long as they were capable of prolonging his life . |