Example sentences of "at the [adj] time she " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the summer when there was not even a blade of green grass in the paddock , her feed of oats and other goodies became inordinately important to her , to the extent that one day when her dinner had not arrived at the usual time she began to paw at the fence in anxiety . |
| 2 | At the same time she knew that her gender isolated her from the ritualised socialising of other senior officers . |
| 3 | At the same time she remains ‘ isolated from the very social structure which her courage and vitality have done so much to enliven and renew ’ ( Rose , ‘ Women in Men 's Clothing ’ , 389 — 90 ) . |
| 4 | At the same time she had fiercely wanted to be proud of Phoebe , to support Phoebe 's admirable fight on her behalf . |
| 5 | At the same time she was certain that Maggie did not want to have to cope with that . |
| 6 | Maggie kept catching her eye with an expression of knowing amusement , but at the same time she obviously hated having these men stomping through her every possession and destroying any remaining magic in her secret chamber . |
| 7 | Often a mother can understand her daughter 's needs , if not in detail at least in broad terms , and at the same time she knows that these needs are in conflict with traditional honour and respectability . |
| 8 | She is God 's creative energy as well as His power to destroy and at the same time she is His saving grace . |
| 9 | At the same time she began working as a commercial Photographer , prior to finding her own photographic technique , that of the ‘ photo-graphic montage ’ . |
| 10 | At the same time she kept tossing her head and patting her hair , exploring its new tidied sleekness . |
| 11 | Despite these reservations she thought that it was a good film but at the same time she upheld a longstanding tradition in Socialist Worker of avoiding any discussion of what a ‘ good film ’ might be . |
| 12 | At the same time she had become less interested in the shop and was failing to keep the books and correspondence in order . |
| 13 | At the same time she has monitored the population and kept meticulous records . |
| 14 | At the same time she has two babies ( one in each arm , asleep ) ; all this at the same time . |
| 15 | He became the rejecting father who never helped her , while at the same time she asked him to be mother and take over . |
| 16 | When she signed her first big contract , Marilyn reputedly said , ‘ That 's the last cock I 'll have to suck ’ , though at the same time she seemed to be looking around for greater conquests . |
| 17 | At the same time she will cut away any straggly shoots or twigs , generally tidying up the vines as she goes along . |
| 18 | Yet at the same time she knew that she actually was Martha — she felt like Martha deep within her and had , in fact , completely forgotten why she was being hypnotized and regressed . |
| 19 | It was this lack of independence which so appalled her , while at the same time she knew , when it came down to fundamentals , that she had such a vulnerable appendage permanently dependent on her . |
| 20 | Yet , at the same time she knew she had laid herself open for such a reply . |
| 21 | But at the same time she also resented the brother 's dominance . |
| 22 | Emily felt a flash of irritation , she had insisted that the shoemaker 's daughter take the boots away to be soled and heeled and at the same time she 'd had a fitting for some new slippers . |
| 23 | And at the same time she could sell the emeralds , a task she had been dreading . |
| 24 | She suspected that some aspects of rural life would be lost for ever but at the same time she could see that much was gained . |
| 25 | At the same time she was a good all-round athlete . |
| 26 | At the same time she could n't help but wonder about the fact that in the space of twelve months he had been involved in three relationships , Anna Wallace , Amanda Knatchbull and herself , any one of which could have ended in marriage . |
| 27 | At the same time she acknowledged that she was now seen by the rest of the royal family as ‘ a problem ’ . |
| 28 | At the same time she knew that the royal family perceived her not only as a problem but also as a threat . |
| 29 | At the same time she watched them to see what they did . |
| 30 | This is what she said to herself , but at the same time she was alarmed , faintly alarmed by the implication that everyone did know such things . |