Example sentences of "[vb pp] at a [adj -er] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is idle to speculate on the source of leaks — that I did learn in my years in Government — but what was certain was that the Telegraph story could not have appeared at a worse time . |
| 32 | Furniture and furnishings in Parma show a strong French influence , too , being Parmesan adaptations of the Empire style ; and the local dialect has numerous words which are purely French ( although these must have been imported at an earlier time , perhaps under the Bourbons in the eighteenth century ) — armoir for armadio ( a wardrobe ) , vin for vino , boucho for tappo ( a cork ) , artichaut for carciofo ( an artichoke ) , and so on . |
| 33 | This could n't have happened at a worse time . |
| 34 | Her discovery in Paris could n't have happened at a worse time from that point of view , and she would just have to accept it . |
| 35 | Could n't of happened at a worse time |
| 36 | The card deck , together with the output generated by the job , was returned at a later time . |