Example sentences of "life at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | What would my father and mother say , and was n't it time I took upon myself the responsibility of my spiritual life at that time held in proxy by my godparents . |
| 2 | Worrying about your problems , which seem larger than life at that time of night , is hard to resist . |
| 3 | I do not expect to encounter ‘ the Lady ’ in that particular form again ; she represented a power to watch over and sustain me , and her qualities were ones that were especially lacking in my own life at that time — practicality , solidity and a refusal to get flustered . |
| 4 | The only signs of fish life at that time on the glassy surface of the mere were the odd shower of fry as they all leapt out as one . |
| 5 | The basin is linked to three thousand miles of inland waterways , and so had a busy commercial life at one time , and a few of its old warehouses remain . |
| 6 | DEATH — The permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live birth has taken place , or , by similar definition , the post-natal cessation of vital functions without capability of resuscitation . |
| 7 | One of Phyl 's Plaza chums , Mignon Harman had an unhappy life at this time ; she had been adopted by a doctor and on the surface was a vivacious person spending her time playing cards and laughing with the rest of them . |
| 8 | The intensity of life at this time led Congreve to compare courtship favourably with marriage as ‘ a very witty prologue to a rather dull play ’ . |
| 9 | These or other events in her life at this time , even the sad ones like the passing of the first anniversary of her husband 's death , may be the key that will open the door for her to freedom from the prison of grief where she has finished the hard labour of bereavement . |
| 10 | And last night Wyman , 56 , said : ‘ I need her in my life at this time . |
| 11 | Military vicissitudes were a feature of border life at this time . |
| 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 . |