Example sentences of "as [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dullness she had felt in her exhaustion became a kind of sickness now , as for the second time that day she once again flew from her own body and split into two . |
| 2 | At least the accountants were happy , as for the first time in England match receipts passed the £l million mark . |
| 3 | It was a terrible disappointment , my heart sank as for the first time I detected a stiffness in Leo 's voice . |
| 4 | His voice had deepened , the words becoming more guttural as for the first time since she 'd met him he seemed to struggle with a language which was not his own . |
| 5 | So now , here I am , my love , just as in the old times ! ’ |
| 6 | As regards land spreading , the equipment available must be considered carefully and guidelines are available as to the best time to spread the manure , in order to minimise the possibility of causing a nuisance . |
| 7 | I ca n't recall as to the exact time when I learned of that instruction , but I was aware that the instruction had been given |
| 8 | In 1932 , for example , Mrs Q. D. Leavis had roundly condemned the cheapening and weakening influences of the popular press and popular novels which produced ‘ merely crude states of mind ’ and what she called ‘ the disintegration of the reading public ’ : ‘ The reading capacity of the general public , it must be concluded , has never been so low as at the present time . ’ |
| 9 | Its definitions of femininity as at the same time an artefact and an essence are blatantly incompatible , and its attempts to account for all aspects of subjectivity in terms of fixed gender categories , inadequate . |