Example sentences of "at the [adj] time i " in BNC.

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1 At the present time I have one small Clown , a Royal Gramma , a Yellow Tang , a Firefish , and an African Blenny .
2 At the present time I have in a total of fourteen patrol constables and two community constables and , as you are aware , I have two community constables here in , and .
3 I mean they ca n't , they ca n't possibly do everything for everybody at the right time I mean
4 I mean I 'd had a sort of cry I suppose , but at the actual time I was glad I had a daughter [ after two sons ] .
5 at the wrong time I think .
6 At the same time I doubt whether the state alone can solve it .
7 Because I could n't countenance how you could stay under water without being asphyxiated , and yet at the same time I was incapable of comprehending the trick .
8 I believe in a competitive world , but at the same time I think we have got to be laying sound foundations for future growth and if we are constantly pressured into satisfying stock-market expectations , which are short-term , or under threat of take-over , we will not be investing enough for the long-term development of our businesses .
9 ‘ I knew I had n't done anything to Joanna and at the same time I was totally confused as to how it could have happened . ’
10 But at the same time I want to stress how crucially important to CAFOD are the offerings from the coming Family Fast Day .
11 She was a very nice girl named Eugena , I think , and there were guards at the end of the hotel corridors , I remember giving them the slip and wandering around Khabarovsk on my own in a snowstorm , only to be told the next day that there was quite a bit of excitement in the city during the night because a Siberian tiger had come into the city and was wandering the streets at the same time I was !
12 At the same time I think there was a certain kind of love — detached but concerned — in the background of all he did , a love that steadily grew , without display , without spoken devotion ; and I , too , never spoke of ‘ love ’ .
13 Beads of blood appeared along the cuts , which alarmed me , though at the same time I could see that the wounds were superficial .
14 At the same time I could hear someone tapping frantically on the glass door of the kiosk , someone far too anxious to clamber in with me .
15 I eat carefully , my heartbeat quickens nervously when the portions offered are too big , and at the same time I 'm trying not to draw attention to my small plateful .
16 I half disapproved of these costumes , they made me feel uncomfortable , but at the same time I admired and envied her , she was so original and unconcerned .
17 At the same time I was dazzled by the breech of a 75-millimetre gun which was standing uncovered in the sunlight : the magic of light on white metal .
18 He had a stubborn determination about him , and at the same time I think he was really exhausted ; he was really exhausted , physically and emotionally .
19 At 1.15 a.m. , however , the bite alarm on my flake-baited rod shrills out its sudden warning , the silver foil smacks the rod and at the same time I grasp the cork butt and drive the hook into a lip .
20 Something inside me stretched as I walked so that at the same time I was walking on the top of those hills .
21 I sensed the cold outside and I felt a sensation of warmth ; at the same time I felt a strong compassion for all the homeless of the world .
22 I sha n't be trampled on , Flick , do n't you worry — but at the same time I sha n't go through life as gracefully as you , or with a flourish of trumpets like Gay .
23 At the same time I placed a leg between his ; the object being to prevent him bringing up his knee against my balls.The plan was to throw both of us to the ground — at the right moment .
24 The irresponsibility of this helped me to escape the force of the problems , but at the same time I was constantly troubled by suspicion .
25 ‘ It was great for doing Wes Montgomery , but at the same time I was playing Hendrix and Bloomfield and all kinds of stuff on this poor old hollowbody — and I was using Marshalls as well !
26 So I was probably enjoying British progressive rock at the same time I was listening to American jazz . ’
27 At the same time I reminded her that she was feeling comfortable and relaxed and completely free from tension .
28 But at the same time I want to go to parties .
29 I paused to marshal all my heartfelt arguments against the cruise-cure , but at the same time I felt a sudden and oceanic surge of homesickness .
30 I applied to correspondence courses for writing , I joined a music workshop , and at the same time I had to rush into a job , as I came over with just one bag and no money . ’
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