Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are kindly , educated people many of whom have spent their lives helping others and to whom fate has dealt a cruel , unexpected blow , leaving them bereaved and frightened at a time of approaching frailty . |
| 2 | She felt depressed and frightened by the time the shop closed and she was able to go home . |
| 3 | Any anxiety state and/or depression suffered by the insured and diagnosed at the time of purchasing this insurance . |
| 4 | It was an inglorious episode in English history , little remembered since , and regarded at the time less as a disgrace than as a deliverance . |
| 5 | At home working on his Dictionary of Gaelic on Historical Principles , and struggling with The Times Literary Supplement crossword . |
| 6 | This was foreseen by the local residents who objected and petitioned at the time planning permission was under consideration . |
| 7 | In that case her relatives would have enquired for her , raised a hue and cry at the time of the accident . ’ |
| 8 | After a time teaching in a Scottish school , Fettes , the degree got him a fellowship in mathematics at his own college of Magdalene ; where he remained the rest of his long life — teaching mathematics , holding various college offices , going every week to Emmanuel Congregational chapel , and becoming after a time one of its deacons or church officers . |
| 9 | The attention of members is drawn to the decision of the Divisional Court of Appeal in the case of Rowe & Maw v Commissioners of Customs and Excise decided on 6th March , and reported in The Times of 8th March . |
| 10 | These were : dégorgement ( the act of removing sediment from the bottle after the second fermentation ) and liqueur de tirage ( the addition of sugar and yeast at the time of bottling to promote and guarantee a second fermentation ) . |
| 11 | She stuffed the printout into her bag , where — somewhere — three other copies were already lurking , and looked at the time . |
| 12 | This is a date and time serial number and corresponds to the time given by your computer 's system clock at the point you pressed the Enter key . |
| 13 | In the adventure of everyday life , on the other hand , the characters are affected by the events ( however fantastic ) that befall them , and the progression of changes fixes the order of events , giving a materiality to space as the scene of transformation and metamorphosis : ‘ Space becomes concrete and saturated with a time that is more substantial . ’ |
| 14 | I was slit-eyed and shivering by the time she was driven off . |
| 15 | Agents were pondering whether they should n't ‘ hang on to thee rights , and wait for the time when they 're equipped to sell them , ’ as conference chairman Tony Feldman put it later . |
| 16 | How can I be sure that this year 's cures will not be in disgrace and condemned by the time you read about them ? |
| 17 | For instance , it must be at an undervalue and made at a time when the company was unable to pay its debts , the company must be in the course of being wound up in England or subject to an administration order , and so on . |
| 18 | Both Dalton and Alexander , the First Lord of the Admiralty , argued at meetings of the committee that Germany should be deprived of war-making industries , though not to the extent of the ‘ pastoralisation ’ proposed by Henry Morgenthau , the US Secretary of the Treasury , and accepted for a time by Churchill and Roosevelt at their meeting at Quebec in September 1944 . |
| 19 | The three horses on the highway had been caught and tethered by the time Michael came back through the trees , leading the roan . |
| 20 | Which in turn brings us to the most remarkable fact of all , namely that so far from corroborating the police 's recent claims , the witnesses they located and interviewed at the time signally failed to mention any suspicious behaviour whatsoever . |
| 21 | There are other places she could go to , of course , but so many of them would be clubs in which she would be expected to communicate and contribute at a time when all she wants is occasionally simply to be ‘ with ’ people and to be able to depart when she wishes without giving offence or disturbing the gathering . |
| 22 | Inside , Virgin 's pilots are landing on runway twenty seven at Heathrow , in the simulator they can take off and land as often as they like at this the world 's busiest airport , but in real life Virgin says it has to fight for slots to take off and land at the times to suit business travellers , it blames B A. B A says it does n't allocate slots or monopolize Heathrow Airport . |
| 23 | The point is , you see , that I did not ask you to go and look at the time on that clock ; I merely asked you to study the numerals on it . |
| 24 | Those soldiers not incorporated into the FAA were meant to be disarmed and demobilized by the time the new army was established . |
| 25 | The team specializes in work with the elderly , and consisted at the time of five full-time equivalent ( FTE ) qualified social workers . |
| 26 | I pull up and watch for a time but typically the bird does not re-appear . |
| 27 | And look at the time , half-past four ! ’ |
| 28 | He had only gone to Karlovy Vary to deliver a package — and look at the time , nearly four o'clock ! |
| 29 | I felt angry and humiliated at the time of the argument but I can guess at how he must have felt . |
| 30 | I was climbing up all these stairs to the office and thought by the time I get to her , I 'll be too puffed to dance properly . |