Example sentences of "in [num] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Truman owed a personal debt of loyalty to Louis Johnson , who had served as treasurer of Truman 's re-election committee in 1948 at a time when most commentators had consigned the President to ignominious defeat at the hands of Governor Dewey . |
| 2 | The last Briton to hold the world mile record , WG George in 1886 with a time of 4min 12 ¾sec , was at Motspur Park on August 28 to watch Wooderson 's attempt . |
| 3 | The Widdicombe Committee was appointed in 1985 at a time of high political controversy about the activities of certain local authorities . |
| 4 | She first went to Vietnam in 1985 at a time when the country was still much more closed to journalists than it is now , full of enthusiasm that she was finally fulfilling a long-time ambition . |
| 5 | Known as mamluks ( an Arabic term meaning " owned " ) this army raised in the slave markets of the Caucasus and beyond , took over power in 1250 at a time of Mongol threat from the east . |
| 6 | The breed was recognised in 1853 at a time when Tyssandier d'Escours did much to improve it , partly by using the red Devon which , in turn , is now being boosted with Salers blood . |
| 7 | Beveridge had presented his report in 1942 at a time when it was overwhelmingly agreed that there should be no return to the conditions of the 1930s . |