Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] at a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This folly was the first of its kind at a time when all things gothic suddenly became very fashionable . |
| 2 | The conscription of manpower into the armed forces and war-related industries deprived agriculture of the strongest and most able element of its workforce at a time when the production process was still relatively unmechanized . |
| 3 | If your timing is right , Positive ideas of this kind may well give her hope and encouragement , but they should not be introduced too early in the grieving process , or she may regard them almost as an insult to the depth of her sorrow at a time when she is not yet ready to look to the future . |
| 4 | Pears himself died in 1986 , leaving a new generation of British tenors to emerge from beneath his shadow at a time when Britten 's own work is undergoing vital reassessment and revival . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're flesh and blood , warm and yielding , bursting into my life at a time when I 'd sworn to give women a wide berth , enticing me with your large eyes and your candour , your raven hair and your loyalty … ’ |
| 6 | He added : ‘ I suppose it 's natural for an only daughter to want to be with her mother at a time like this , particularly with a first baby . ’ |
| 7 | He even fell into arrears with his mortgage at a time when he was earning £400,000 a year as chairman of Lonrho , and at one stage had a 300-acre farm and farmhouse , next to his magnificent 14th-century manor house in Somerset , repossessed . |
| 8 | Superficially the story might appear a simple one of challenge and response : aerial bombardment and the need to redevelop provided a situation in which Government at a time of emergency understandably took the initiative . |
| 9 | I suppose it was inevitable that in 1918 he should capitalise on his expertise at a time when the post-war craze for the new-fangled wireless sets was at its height . |
| 10 | But all too often leaving no will could create yet another worry for your family at a time of bereavement and disruption at home . |
| 11 | Duccios and Signorellis and Martinis hung by her bedside at a time when other girls pinned up Elvis and Cliff or even Paul Anka . |