Example sentences of "his [noun sg] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , by s 6 of the 1907 Act , a limited partner may by himself or his agent at any time inspect the books of the firm and look into the state and prospects of the partnership business , and may advise with the partners thereon . |
| 2 | To understand why , argues Gilbert , we need to understand the construction of the sodomite , his association at that time with evil , rebellion , and insurrection , and the belief that to tolerate his sin was to court the possibility of divine revenge ( as with Sodom and Gomorrah ) . |
| 3 | The following is his acceptance speech as President and , while betraying a certain youthfulness , it demonstrates the cast — the humour and the audacity — of his mind at that time : |
| 4 | Martin Postle splices detail and generalisation , so that he can move deftly from a meticulous account of Reynolds ' studio practice to the perceptive observation that ‘ it was not Reynolds ’ style but his lack of style which characterised his work at this time as sitters danced , flirted , embroidered , sacrificed to pagan deities , or merely meditated , in the manner of Guido Reni , Titian , Van Dyck or even Michelangelo ’ . |
| 5 | A little fold of the veil can be drawn aside to disclose his mood at that time . |
| 6 | His intervention at this time , in the same way as his intervention in Kent in 764–5 , was probably a response to political instability among the South Saxons . |
| 7 | Bond he no longer has the Princess Di haircut by the way reorganised his team at half time , pushing former Quaker Alan Walsh further forward , but Quakers had the perfect answer . |
| 8 | It was difficult not to be ashamed of his behaviour at that time . |
| 9 | ‘ Boy ’ Mould had served in France with 1 Squadron in 1939/40 , where he had shot down the first German aircraft to be claimed by R.A.F. fighters over the Western Front ; he had over eight victories to his credit at this time . |
| 10 | was working for his father at this time and about 1740 John Bird [ q.v. ] |
| 11 | His ideal at this time was Cebotari . |
| 12 | However , he cared little about his life at this time , and it was possible that this lone female might be in need of courteous assistance . |
| 13 | ‘ I can be loud or soft , ’ he said of his voice at this time . |
| 14 | I was told by released French hostages that he did attempt to escape , that he was beaten very badly , and that basically his spirit at that time was , was , was broken ; he did n't want to talk with the other hostages in the room and he pretty much had withdrawn . |
| 15 | A testator can revoke his will at any time during his life . |
| 16 | Though the city seems to dominate much of his thought at this time , in 1930 appeared his translation of St-John Perse 's Anabase where Christianity and mysticism often have a distinctly tribal feeling . |
| 17 | With his by now legendary disregard for anything current which was n't The Smiths or his personal protégé ( the superb Easterhouse fell in his favour at this time ) , Morrissey performed ceremonial destruction with Sade , Style Council , Ultravox , Carmel , Genesis , Marilyn and , ironically enough , Blue Rondo who by this time were probably bragging about how The Smiths once supported them ; poetic justice indeed . |
| 18 | This race came only two months after he had run well for a long way when leading the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury and Gaselee told me , ‘ He appeared to love the Newbury race and we were delighted with his performance at that time . ’ |
| 19 | This was for the convenience of the Bishop 's barge and any other vessels to land , and where the Bishop might take his barge at any time and in an hour reach his Cathedral . |
| 20 | ( 1 ) If any applicant for the grant , renewal , or permanent transfer of a licence or for a regular extension of permitted hours , either by himself or by another person at the instigation of the applicant , attempts to influence a member of a licensing board to support his application at any time before its consideration by the board , he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 21 | Secondly , a director is likely to be restricted by his service contract from competing with his employer at any time while employed by the company , and probably for a short period afterwards . |
| 22 | And he 's used Philip and now he i , i i in his purpose he brings down Peter a a and John to , to have their part i in his will and his purpose at this time . |
| 23 | His salary at this time was £1,000 , and upon leaving the service he received a pension of £600 p.a . |
| 24 | Though Lugard later lost the simple faith of his childhood , he never lost the evangelical habit of spiritual self-scrutiny which had been so pronounced in him as a boy that his mother at one time feared that ‘ possibly ( though now in perfect health ) our Father may be about to remove him to the heavenly garner ’ . |
| 25 | What a mystery it is , the way we carry on , thought Liz , as she moved on to more congenial entertainment : remembering , suddenly , the oft-repeated claim of an Austrian refugee analyst of her acquaintance , who frequently and unashamedly rejoiced in having had in his house at one time no less than five Nobel Prize winners , a claim which she had always found endearing , ridiculous , foolish , alarming , comic , in its nai¨veté , its precision , its ruthlessness : remembering the alarms and excitement of her own early encounters with the famous , the great , the titled , the rich : remembering the ancient yearning to crowd her life with people , with voices , with telephone calls , invitations , children , friends of children : remembering , in short the dread of solitude , the dread of reliving her mother 's unending , inexplicable , still-enduring loneliness : and across these memories , flitting in a half second , as she made her way , for light relief , towards Kate Armstrong , fortifying Kate , came the question — why did Henrietta Latchett , who must have been invited to a hundred parties tonight , who could never have known a lonely evening , why did she choose to come to us ? |
| 26 | Charlie would be on the move for most of the night , supervising , troubleshooting , bringing back cash from the tills to be counted and put into the safe , but there was no regular pattern to it and he was liable to show up in his office at any time . |