Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | As George Orwell noted in 1984 , the fear that the thought-police might monitor everybody at all times was enough to keep Big Brother 's subjects in a state of paralysed terror . |
2 | McGiven said : ‘ I 'd like to think we 've improved since then , but on his day Le Tissier is virtually unplayable and able to create anything at any time . ’ |
3 | manual worker — prepared to do anything at any time at very short notice regardless of what is in the oven ; |
4 | It was even more important to know when evil gods would be in charge so as to avoid trouble as far as possible by doing nothing at such times . |
5 | And it was n't arbitrary it was where we needed somebody at that time . |
6 | Did you have anything at that time ? |
7 | Ehlen also claiming one at this time , while Fw.Kestel had opened the scoring with one at 1305 . |
8 | Blindness can strike anyone at any time , regardless of who they are or where they live . |
9 | Rightly speaking , this is not the Soldier 's tale at all but the Devil 's , for it is he who controls everyone at all times , playing with them like pawns in his game , a game of wrecking and destroying , of interference and final triumph . |
10 | But the , you know it 's two o'clock in the morning and police car 's coming through the village and see someone at that time , they 're quite likely to stop and ask them what they 're doing . |
11 | God sees and knows everything at all times , he allows nothing to happen he does not wish to , even , strangely , the Fall of Man . |
12 | No , would n't have changed anything at that time . |