Example sentences of "it [be] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whoever can it be at this time of night ? ’ asked Elizabeth . |
| 2 | Whoever could it be at this time of night ? |
| 3 | seems like an hour and a half when it 's at that time |
| 4 | It 's at such times , as you sit eating a damp sandwich as water drips from your nose , as you scour the map for all the things you ca n't see , that you wonder why the hell you do it . |
| 5 | However , it 's at these times that we are most punishing to ourselves . |
| 6 | At the end of a long , draggy , boring Friday afternoon , it 's at last time to clear up . |
| 7 | The weapon 's computer thus knows where it is at all times , without relying on any signals from outside . |
| 8 | It is at such times , perhaps , that we wonder about the unconscious effect of what we read . |
| 9 | But some will , and it is at such times that counselling can play an important role . |
| 10 | It is at such times that the independence of the Supreme Court is at its greatest , but they are rather untypical . |
| 11 | If the news was really unexpected she would be off balance and it is at such times that people are most likely to speak the truth . |
| 12 | Our results suggest that endometriosis is less of a problem during pregnancy and the subsequent four years than it is at other times , although the finding was not significant . |
| 13 | It is at that time I would expect Leeds to be consistently playing and competing in the highest echelons of the leagues and cups — a bit like the scum are doing now ( the Gala-whatever-rice defeat excepted ) . |
| 14 | ( You are rarely able to sample rhythms as often as you would like. ) ( a ) Are your 4 hours of observations made in a single session or a number of sessions ? ( b ) If it is a single session , is this at the same time or at different times each day ? ( c ) If it is at different times , then how do you arrange them ? ( d ) If it is a number of sessions , then how many ? |
| 15 | It is at this time that the characteristic tapping sound which gives the beetle its name can be heard . |
| 16 | It is at this time that the trident became a regular part of her iconography , specifically after the great victory of the Earl of Howe at the battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794 ; shortly thereafter , from the early nineteenth century , she is also regularly shown as wearing a helmet . |
| 17 | It is at this time that some do-gooders may make all kinds of suggestions . |
| 18 | Perhaps we could go back still further , to the event of her own birth , and even into an intra-uterine existence , for it is at this time that the ovaries and all the eggs are formed in the female . |
| 19 | It was safer to hire soldiers as well and it is at this time that we first come across the name Mercadier , a name that from now on was to be closely linked with Richard 's . |
| 20 | The way forward then is to recruit , and the importance of new members was never more critical than it is at this time . |
| 21 | ‘ How beautiful it is at this time of the year . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It is at these times that you realize the blessings of a good thick skirt ’ , she reported after her rescue . |
| 23 | It is at these times that fate may appear to step in and take over the proceedings . |
| 24 | It is at these times that the ghosts flock most cordially to our summons . ’ |
| 25 | It was at such times , he said , that he was divested of all those characteristics of family , personality and reputation which identified him to the outside world . |
| 26 | He wanted to do more than just look ; it was at such times that he felt the urge to paint . |
| 27 | But , like its relatives in Devon , the Sussex has remained largely confined to its own region in spite of its potential , though it was at one time more widely used in several English counties as a draught animal . |
| 28 | It was at one time in the library of Darcy Lever Hall , Bolton and in the 1930s it was rescued from a junk furniture shop in Kent . |
| 29 | On the spiritual side it was at one time also considered self-evident that the Russians , adherence to the Christian religion put them automatically on a higher plane than the heathen , raw-flesh-eating ‘ savages ’ . |
| 30 | Certainly , it was at one time essential for certain musical movements to be of a precise length , for otherwise the dancers of gavottes and minuets would find themselves in sorry confusion . |