Example sentences of "it be at [det] 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 | The weapon 's computer thus knows where it is at all times , without relying on any signals from outside . |
| 7 | It is at such times , perhaps , that we wonder about the unconscious effect of what we read . |
| 8 | But some will , and it is at such times that counselling can play an important role . |
| 9 | It is at such times that the independence of the Supreme Court is at its greatest , but they are rather untypical . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | It is at this time that the characteristic tapping sound which gives the beetle its name can be heard . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It is at this time that some do-gooders may make all kinds of suggestions . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The way forward then is to recruit , and the importance of new members was never more critical than it is at this time . |
| 18 | ‘ How beautiful it is at this time of the year . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It is at these times that you realize the blessings of a good thick skirt ’ , she reported after her rescue . |
| 20 | It is at these times that fate may appear to step in and take over the proceedings . |
| 21 | It is at these times that the ghosts flock most cordially to our summons . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He wanted to do more than just look ; it was at such times that he felt the urge to paint . |
| 24 | It was at that time that I interviewed David 's mother , Margaret Jones , who recalled a three-year-old David discovering a bag of make-up in an upstairs room and plastering himself with it , and how at one point she thought he would become a ballet dancer . |
| 25 | It was at that time , in fact , that he met Andy Warhol . |
| 26 | It was at that time he wrote the first of a series of Scots novels which were to secure for him a place in the history of literature . |
| 27 | It was at that time like wine to be in the presence of the Lusignan Bastard , ebullient , assured of success , glowing with pride in himself and his army . |
| 28 | He went nuts — he went crackers , got the cane , and he was wielding it , and it was at that time that the rest of the boys decided to pile up the furniture in the corner and set fire to it , so half the classroom was burning . |
| 29 | It was at that time the highest innings by anyone until A.E.J. Collins hit an unbeaten 628 in a junior house match at Clifton College in 1899 . |
| 30 | And er it was at that time that the Independent Labour Party left the I the Labour Party . |