Example sentences of "time like this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think that at a time like this I am afraid of words ? … if he dies tonight there will always be a gulf at my side , a gulf into which I must never fall ’ ( p. 87 ) . |
| 2 | An emergency at a time like this could spoil everything . |
| 3 | Ari tried to wriggle away from him a little , somehow annoyed he could say a thing like that at a time like this . |
| 4 | Overall the cost of a funeral often comes as a big shock to people and the vicar 's fees , peripheral as they are to the main bill , come in for lots of cynical comments like ‘ Even at a time like this , the church is making money . ’ |
| 5 | The book is full of jolts and cracks in time like this one . |
| 6 | To have eaten at a time like this would have seemed all wrong . |
| 7 | ‘ I know that Ella and Dimity — everyone in fact — will want to know how he is and would like to call , but they do n't wish to intrude at a time like this . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought it odd an Englishman should visit Vienna at a time like this . ’ |
| 9 | Must be an uncomfortable feeling at a time like this . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | It 's funny how the mind works at a time like this I could n't hear anything so I called : ‘ Warton , Golf Zulu Sierra . |
| 12 | ‘ Why , at a time like this ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Our message is that there has never been a time like this to pick up a bargain , ’ a spokeswoman said . |
| 14 | I mean , I would have expected something a bit more spiritual for a time like this . |
| 15 | I pointed out how dangerous it would be , and — well , how damaging to me in my position if my wife went to Ireland at a time like this . ’ |
| 16 | They clinked their glasses ; then Martin , walking towards the long window , said , ‘ It 's a good job I did n't become engaged ; you should n't get married at a time like this . ’ |
| 17 | It 's wrong for you to be alone at a time like this . ’ |
| 18 | He 'd never had a name as a chaser and I could n't imagine him picking a time like this to start . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's good of you to give up your time like this . ’ |
| 20 | Giving me your wretched customs clichés at a time like this . ’ |
| 21 | No sense in bearing grudges at a time like this . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Look , I 'm terribly sorry , ’ continued Blanche , ‘ to have to come back and see you at a time like this , Mr Lancaster — ’ |
| 23 | Do they usually take time like this ? |
| 24 | How typical of Iris to think of such a detail at a time like this . |
| 25 | Had Henry spoken truer than he knew , she wondered , for at a dismal time like this the Lodge was a shadowy place . |
| 26 | You do n't want to be thinking about someone else at a time like this . |
| 27 | What am I doing , tangling myself up with a girl at a time like this ? |
| 28 | At a time like this ? ’ groaned Faye . |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps a trained nurse is n't quite what one wants at a time like this , ’ Sophia agreed . |
| 30 | Research by Market and Opinion Research International ( MORI ) shows that employees in any organisation in similar circumstances express a common need at a time like this — they call for fast , straight forward communications , even when the news is bad . |