Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] at a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The average Jew was the average Englishman , living off a weekly pay packet of four pounds a week or less at a time when , in the worst-hit areas for unemployment , up to twenty per cent of the population was below the poverty line . |
| 2 | They usually play to 100,000 or so at a time , so it should be fun . |
| 3 | And now that I 'm home for good , at least my bookings abroad will be for just a week or so at a time , that 's all , well … we 're coming together . |
| 4 | Inch by inch — then , as loose shale slid frighteningly from under her feet , a sudden foot or more at a time — Sheila made her way perilously down the slope . |
| 5 | Five , six and seven year olds are perfectly capable of working on drama for an hour and a half or more at a time , but they need very clear tasks , strong images and narratives which are intriguing and above all dramatic . |
| 6 | Bridbury also suggests , from the admissions to the freedom of the boroughs , that the ranks of the citizens were being widened , and that even at a time when rural conditions provided more incentive for men to remain in the country than at an earlier date the towns were still able to attract them ( 61 , pp.62–4 ( Tables , 65–9 ) ) . |
| 7 | Beat in the lemon rind and eggs , and little at a time , beating well after each addition . |
| 8 | You know with the and when she does n't know where she 's going to get enough money to feed , clothe them and especially at a time like now , when all these adverts are on television for , you know the toys that children want , and they just have n't the ability to provide those those things for the children , much as they would want to do it . |
| 9 | Easy Rider made its name in the middle of this melée and specifically at a time when the whole counter-culture movement had taken on an explosive , manic air . |
| 10 | If not , sit down and have a chat with your child ; but not at a time when feelings are running high . |
| 11 | But even at a time when the church is under financial pressure , Father Robert Sweeney does n't think they 're being over extravagant . |