Example sentences of "did at [art] time [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Ealhfrith 's personal religious predilections need not necessarily have borne undertones of political dissatisfaction but the differences on ecclesiastical matters between father and son , coming as they did at a time of profound change in Oswiu 's former position of influence in southern England , probably reflected a crisis of potentially serious dimensions . |
2 | President Scalfaro on July 30 described Scotti 's action as a sign that " factional interests " had been allowed to take priority , coming as it did at a time of national crisis . |
3 | The question is : In saying ‘ I meant … ’ , when one has been misunderstood , is one saying something about something one did at the time of saying , ‘ Come here ’ or ‘ Go to the bank ’ ? |
4 | But if , in saying ‘ I meant … ’ , one is not saying something about something one did at the time of saying , ‘ Come here ’ or ‘ Go to the bank ’ , what is one saying ? |
5 | It 's usually er er males that go to wars rather than females , and you can waste them on a vast scale like we did at the time of the first world war and , and find virtually no effect on your population . |
6 | I have seen photographs of her ( looking it must be admitted not much younger than she did at the time in which this story is set ) , across which she has signed herself ‘ Mademoiselle ’ , and sometimes ‘ Miss ’ . |