Example sentences of "have [verb] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can stand in front of the screen , I can look at the simulations , I can stop them whenever I want to stop them and look at them , it gives me ideas about how the buildings might have looked at that time and it gives me a whole range of variations as to as to what can be done in terms of their reconstructions . |
| 2 | It must have looked at one time as though I 'd follow the family tradition and end up permanently on a farm . |
| 3 | My first reaction to the resignations was that they were tantamount to an admission of guilt when , in fact , the Argentinians could have attacked at any time in the previous fifteen years . |
| 4 | Proposals to replace our dry sow accommodation could not have come at worse time , with pig prices falling through the floor , and I suppose some would say that we are reacting plenty soon enough . |
| 5 | ... But no , for he had said her heart was badly damaged , death might have come at any time . |
| 6 | He regretted that his proposal for a peace conference a year ago had not been acted upon , as he was confident the Soviet Union would have participated at that time with beneficial effects for the whole world . |
| 7 | I would have sworn at that time that I loved her as much as she did me , more even , but subsequent events proved me wrong . |
| 8 | They could have left at any time . |
| 9 | ‘ It appears it could have happened at any time , even running for a bus , ’ said headmaster Harrison Huddart , at Hewart Grange School , Gateshead , Tyne and Wear . |
| 10 | The horse 's trainer Robin Dickin said : ‘ It could have happened at any time , on the racecourse or at home . |
| 11 | ‘ The doctor said it could have happened at any time . |
| 12 | The frosted glass panel with my name on it had been cracked , but that could have happened at any time . |
| 13 | I have explained everything to her , told her it could have happened at any time . |
| 14 | Still more complex behaviours , such as the spinning of an orb web by a spider , or the singing of the species-specific song by a bird , depend on an interaction between innate structures generating particular movements , on innate tendencies to be reinforced by particular sensory inputs , and on experience , which may have to occur at particular times during development . |