Example sentences of "at this time [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next Sunday at this time we 're going to be having a a service of rededication for the leaders of our organizations . |
| 2 | Some skins went further than the number one crop and had a ‘ dark shadow ’ , but at this time they were never bald . |
| 3 | At this time she was just over fifty , a well-built woman with a high-coloured , sculptured face , short black hair and fine legs . |
| 4 | At this time it is not possible to predict whether all or just part of the above listed data will be required by the public registry , or whether the public registry itself will be a part of a larger commercial registry that would include other trade and secured transactions . |
| 5 | It usually took two men to hold the tyre and if the smith thought the fit was satisfactory — at this time it was half-an-inch larger than the wheel — the boy helping was ordered to throw buckets of cold water over the still very hot steel which would immediately contract and tightly hold the rim . |
| 6 | At this time it was filled with the sort of junk that might come in handy one day if one could remember where one had put it . |
| 7 | At this time it was impossible to bore out a smooth cylinder of this size , so the piston was not therefore a good fit . |
| 8 | In England at this time it was quite avant garde to possess a refrigerator . |
| 9 | The restructuring school argued that to understand what was happening to the geography of British manufacturing at this time it was necessary to analyse this situation . |
| 10 | At this time it was believed that the return of Mr. Osman to Hong Kong was imminent . |
| 11 | At this time it was , to use Nettl 's term , an ‘ inheritor party ’ ; that is to say , a party which expects to inherit power following the decline and overthrow of the existing political system and its socio-economic basis . |
| 12 | At this time I was in Istanbul , commissioned by Jonathan Cape to write a book about it . |
| 13 | At this time I was at a loss to understand how it managed to hover for so long in the same place . |
| 14 | At this time I was on holiday and I spent the next three days redecorating my sitting room ( a boring task , but necessary ) while waiting for the G4 to harden . |
| 15 | At this time I was thinking of a career in writing . |
| 16 | At this time I was often very tired , because I was pregnant . |
| 17 | At this time he was still a rank-and-file militant , but quickly , as the 1820s moved along , he came to be recognized as the outstanding trade-union leader in Lancashire in the textile industry . |
| 18 | It may be that at this time he was retained also by Simon of Montfort , Earl of Leicester [ q.v. ] , who had awarded him a money fee before 1245 . |
| 19 | At this time he was described as a small , trim , wiry figure of somewhat severe appearance , but with a whimsical sense of humour and ready wit . |
| 20 | At this time he was already experimenting with voltaic cells , electrical machines and kites , and the electro-deposition of metals . |
| 21 | Just at this time he was thinking about and drafting his meditation about home , namely the West Country , in the poem which became East Coker . |
| 22 | It was at this time he was indicted on child abuse charges . |