Example sentences of "[pron] at [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's amusing himself at a dull time of year , and being here without his womenfolk , but he 's as adroit at calming the storm as he is at raising it . |
| 2 | He called it Boozebusters and the idea was that wives ( and more rarely , husbands ) who were fed up with their partner 's non-stop round of office parties would hire a Boozebuster squad to snatch the miscreant from the pub , or wine-bar or restaurant or even the office itself at a pre-arranged time . |
| 3 | ‘ Is your sister expecting you at a specific time ? ’ asked Penry when they were on the way to Haverfordwest at last . |
| 4 | Lock your door , set whatever device will rouse you at a definite time ( cooking-timer , flashing alarm clock , vibrator ) — set it to go off in eight minutes . |
| 5 | on a , on how I find you at a particular time . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh — have I caught you at a bad time , dear ? ’ |
| 7 | Where they come into their own , is let's say that you wanted to phone me in July because my wedding anniversary is in July , you could turn to the back of the July calendar card , write down call Ricky Elliot on the seventh , because it 's his wedding anniversary , erm , and write down my , my telephone number and then distressing though I find this idea , you could forget the whole thing , confident in the knowledge that the system will remind you at the appropriate time as to what action you should take . |
| 8 | An option for processing mail has been selected and no mail exists for you at the present time . |
| 9 | If a public sector organisation says that it will do something at a certain time , the customer wants that to happen . |
| 10 | We would arrange to be something at a particular time in the evening and then the following day we would compare our thoughts . |
| 11 | Another way is to catch a bus from Bishop 's Castle to Newtown or Shrewsbury ( for the sake of the argument , suppose that there is one at a suitable time ) . |
| 12 | ‘ I know you and Niall did n't exactly get off to a good start , but if it 's any consolation you caught him at a bad time . |
| 13 | Various witnesses , including shoppers and tramdrivers , gave varying accounts of witnessing Drew or somebody like him at the appropriate time of the murder . |
| 14 | Phyl would have stayed in show business without the help of Littler but she was fortunate in that she met him at the right time , when he was building up his pantomime empire . |
| 15 | catch him at the right time . |
| 16 | I mean they ca n't , they ca n't possibly do everything for everybody at the right time I mean |
| 17 | to grow things you 've got ta do it at a specific time if you 're gon na wan na plan |
| 18 | He said the scheme could give confidence to youngsters who were in danger of losing it at a crucial time in their lives through adverse family or other circumstances . |
| 19 | The second exception was established in Tuberville v. Stamp where it was held that liability extended to a fire originating in a field as much as to one beginning in a house , but if the defendant kindles it at a proper time and place and the violence of the wind carry it to his neighbour 's land , that is fit to be given in evidence . |
| 20 | Finally retrieval is a separate process because of another familiar phenomenon that it is possible to know something , that is it must be in storage , but not actually succeed in retrieving it at a particular time . |
| 21 | The fairy Grandmarina appears , and gives Alicia a magic fishbone that will bring her whatever she wishes for ‘ provided she wishes for it at the right time ’ . |
| 22 | So we need to get the word of God , go out with it at the right time and leave it with people . |
| 23 | ‘ There are a hundred ways a firm can get rid of pollution into the river , ’ said an experienced officer , ‘ so long as they do it at the right time . ’ |
| 24 | It was urged , on the one hand , that public opinion was not yet ready for the abolition of capital punishment and that it would be particularly unwise to abolish it at the present time when there was an abnormal amount of robbery with violence . |
| 25 | He also said he had no desire to tackle the principle of comprehensive education : ‘ I do n't see any need for it at the present time . |
| 26 | My response is not a traditional wind-up speech , because this is the hon. Lady 's debate and I am sure that she will receive the leave of the House to reply to it at the appropriate time . |
| 27 | Well I called a meeting but I did n't think I advertised it well enough because there was a lot of interest and then I think we held it at the wrong time as well did n't we , |
| 28 | Mind you can always say to you caught me at a bad time , you say , it 's supposed to have appointment only , but just say , can you , is there any chance of you coming back . |
| 29 | He said : ’ there is no statistical evidence that is known to me at the present time of people who are actually being discharged from the private sector We do not have evidence to bring to you of a substantial number of people who have been discharged against their will from the private sector . ’ |
| 30 | yes cos you always right , you remind me at the wrong time and the wrong thing |