Example sentences of "at [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not difficult — though may be expensive — to hire a guide for a day ( or a week ) so that you find the best snow available at each time of the day and each season , whether it has n't snowed for a week or is blizzarding as you start the day . |
| 2 | The pigeon would have to remember the position of the sun above its home loft at each time of the day . |
| 3 | We should remember that very little was known at that time about the ways in which the ovaries influence distant organs . |
| 4 | There were complaints from the neighbours to the police at that time about the goings-on . |
| 5 | The context of a growing rift at that time between trade unions and the Ministry of Labour was not mentioned . |
| 6 | Getting to the Health Centre was a tedious business involving a bus and a clanking ride for a few stops on the underground and Erika was glad to find her way to it , jammed among the usual blocks of flats , although at that time of night they had rather a festive air with every window lighted . |
| 7 | Erika , who had never set eyes on Hetta in her life , stoutly agreed , and even Paul , making a dishevelled appearance , said with his new courtliness that he would like to meet her , causing Frau Nordern to raise a sceptical eyebrow and warn him not to be sarcastic at that time of the morning . |
| 8 | ( Before I went to work in the morning I would take a bucket of water and a scrubbing brush and deal with the black-and-white chequered marble shop doorstep — in my memory it is a glittering affair , although cold on frosty mornings — because at that time of the day the rising sun often shone full down the High Street where we lived and on me , as I knelt on the cobbled pavement plying my scrubbing-brush . ) |
| 9 | They did n't believe in the magic spell literally , of course , but they had had their experience of telepathic closeness at that time of the month . |
| 10 | In all the yelling and argument that followed Jo concluded that Andy the gardener was a starfucker in the literal sense of the term , for what else could her mother have been doing in the pool house at that time of day and why else would she have over-reacted the way she did ? |
| 11 | There was after all nothing remarkable about seeing two men kiss in that way at that time of the night . |
| 12 | That is to say , I did not take sufficient account of the fact that at that time of the day , what Mr Farraday enjoys is a conversation of a lighthearted , humorous sort . |
| 13 | At that time of year there were few people about and he sat at a table by himself . |
| 14 | At that time of the season all the players , even the stars , were looking into the assistant secretary 's office almost every day , asking if there was any news of their contracts . |
| 15 | Make sure , too , it is a feeding roll you are seeing and not any other kind of activity — though it is unlikely to be anything other than a feeding roll at that time of day . |
| 16 | I had little idea at that time of the pernicious nature of cancer . |
| 17 | He seldom lost his temper , but that day he was cross , rightly so , for fresh greenstuff at that time of the year is priceless . |
| 18 | Although I was not sure what ‘ the lot ’ meant , I was sure that something big was expected , for even Matron was in a hurry as she went to her office , at that time of day too ! |
| 19 | Worrying about your problems , which seem larger than life at that time of night , is hard to resist . |
| 20 | At that time of my life , circa 1926 , my older brothers and sister were then beyond the kitchen-bathing stage , and so they utilised the amenities of the nearby Gorbals Public Baths in the Main Street . |
| 21 | Any given rise in unemployment in the winter months , therefore , can only be shown to be significant if it can be demonstrated that the rise is over and above that which is normally expected at that time of year . |
| 22 | Were they aware at that time of how experimental they were being ? |
| 23 | The fact that community nurses all over the country are tearing around between 7.30 and 9.30 in the morning giving one dose of insulin after another is almost always dictated by the needs of each client to receive insulin at that time of day . |
| 24 | He knew at once why she was doing so now ; he knew nothing else could have made her argue with people on the farmhouse stairs at that time of day . |
| 25 | Many were involved in farming , which at that time of the year meant that cows were calving , ewes beginning to have their lambs , and people were generally busy in the spring-time agricultural work . |
| 26 | Eagle 's Nest Direct was the first Very Severe rock climb in the British Isles and a route so serious then that to contemplate leading it at that time of primitive rope technique meant you also contemplated death . |
| 27 | We were glad to reach Rangoon which at that time of the year , early March , was very hot , and so Pop sent us up to Taungin-in the Shan States where we stayed with a delightful elderly American missionary , Miss Hughes . |
| 28 | ‘ Surely she did n't bathe alone at the Cove , especially at that time of the year ? ’ |
| 29 | On relating the story to Mr Bailey , the man asked whether a train service was running at that time of night . |
| 30 | In fact , working at that time of the day often helps to clear the mind and although I do n't intend to forget about Brisbane I certainly wo n't dwell on it . ’ |