Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [prep] [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was at all times impressed by their standard of workmanship . |
| 2 | I did fucking , I did five years of normal paperwork and plus for the last three years I did double as well cos I got kicked out of french , so I was in metal work like , four hours of metal work every week the last three three years and , cos I was like nine times out of ten I was the only bloke there , the er , the er metal work teacher got on really well , he was showing me all sorts of stuff and I never got to do the actual metal work lesson |
| 3 | Just think of all the people you are at different times , in different places . |
| 4 | Every human being makes an imprint on their surroundings because we are at all times radiating energy which is soaked up and stored by items around us . |
| 5 | The USSR , as before , remained ready to further its own interests wherever it could , and those interests were not always in agreement with those of Western governments — nor had they been in tsarist times . |
| 6 | They were at all times called by their Yiddish names Bashelaya , Shinageetel , and Riffka . |
| 7 | It seems probable that elderly people as a whole have more secure incomes and are less marginalized as consumers today than they were at earlier times in this century . |
| 8 | In the Forest of Dean alone the four verderers are still elected as they were in medieval times — by the freeholders of the county called together in County Court by the sheriff . |
| 9 | The design of interiors … are as valid today as they were in earlier times — the vaults , snugs , parlours , each with their own character , can still provide a pleasant , varied atmosphere ’ . |
| 10 | It is the case that typical households in the later part of the twentieth century are much less likely than they were in earlier times to contain anyone other than the conjugal family . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | However , it 's at these times that we are most punishing to ourselves . |
| 13 | It 's worth three times what he gave me for it . ’ |
| 14 | The weapon 's computer thus knows where it is at all times , without relying on any signals from outside . |
| 15 | It is at such times , perhaps , that we wonder about the unconscious effect of what we read . |
| 16 | But some will , and it is at such times that counselling can play an important role . |
| 17 | It is at such times that the independence of the Supreme Court is at its greatest , but they are rather untypical . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Our results suggest that endometriosis is less of a problem during pregnancy and the subsequent four years than it is at other times , although the finding was not significant . |
| 20 | ( You are rarely able to sample rhythms as often as you would like. ) ( a ) Are your 4 hours of observations made in a single session or a number of sessions ? ( b ) If it is a single session , is this at the same time or at different times each day ? ( c ) If it is at different times , then how do you arrange them ? ( d ) If it is a number of sessions , then how many ? |
| 21 | ‘ It is at these times that you realize the blessings of a good thick skirt ’ , she reported after her rescue . |
| 22 | It is at these times that fate may appear to step in and take over the proceedings . |
| 23 | It is at these times that the ghosts flock most cordially to our summons . ’ |
| 24 | With the show as buoyant as it is in these times , you will perhaps see why I have questioned his assertion that it is a local show and why I can absolutely refute the suggestion that we needed to discount . |
| 25 | Now it was worth five times what he paid for it , a fact on which he often dwelt with satisfaction . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He wanted to do more than just look ; it was at such times that he felt the urge to paint . |
| 28 | Assessment of capital very much influenced that , and it was ‘ of the highest importance ’ that it was at all times a proper influence . |
| 29 | The symmetry T means that if you reverse the direction of motion of all particles and antiparticles , the system should go back to what it was at earlier times ; in other words , the laws are the same in the forward and backward directions of time . |
| 30 | It was at those times , or times like the present as they went about the health-care tasks that were now so routine , that she most often brought up the question of this campaign over Tom . |