Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] at the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miguel must have rung the policía , because their car drew up at the same time as Miguel 's jeep . |
| 2 | But Anna did not talk to him , because Sarah came in at the same time . |
| 3 | Er , the figures in paragraph five are shown there , but we had a recognition of that additional duty , and a variety of other minor changes which I wo n't go into this morning , that came through at the same time . |
| 4 | I expect I woke up at the wrong time . |
| 5 | If it is obvious that US policy towards Indo-China could not be considered in isolation from its policy towards the rest of Asia , it is even more obvious that the integration of US policy for Vietnam came about at the same time as the disintegration of its policy towards China : the most traumatic episode in US power-war policies in Asia , at least until the outbreak of the Korean war . |
| 6 | It so happened that on one of these Sundays my CO strolled by at the same time , and the AOC asked him why he had not seen Mahaddie for a pilot 's course . |
| 7 | But then the weather changed and although things were given and flowering it was cold and windy and it seemed strange there should be all that blossom , wrong like , as if it had made a mistake and popped up at the wrong time — that was because I had felt the warmth of those few nice days . |
| 8 | I called in at the wrong time . |
| 9 | It was unfortunate that the Arab-Israeli war broke out at the same time and some overseas commentators took the presence of Canberras in this guise as proof of British participation in the war ! |
| 10 | On the intellectual front , this unification went on at the same time that in the social history of science specialization was the order of the day . |
| 11 | Talk ought to go on , even if murder went on at the same time ; at the sideboard Twomey turned his back before he smiled . |
| 12 | She looked down at the diminutive Time Lord , her eyes full of quiet sympathy . |
| 13 | never tell , a girl we know went over at the same time as he did got it this year . |
| 14 | Bit of a coincidence there , it went off at the same time as this ha as the tape stopped |
| 15 | ‘ It could be inferred from the date of university graduation , provided of course , that he went up at the usual time . ’ |
| 16 | We rolled up at the same time , I on my bike , the Parsons in their BMW . |
| 17 | We have an excellent reputation in Oxfordshire as an Education Authority erm and a reputation which extends around the country , so I do see it as a vote of confidence , and I am very pleased about it , but I do think that the whole exercise was somewhat premature in the light of the erm research and investigation that was going on into the tertiary college , and indeed the consulting process actually ran through at the same time as the campaign was running on whether the Banbury School should opt out , and erm regrettably I think has lost something as a result of having the two run together . |
| 18 | Another man who ran off at the same time , Stephen O'Mara , was yesterday still on the run . |
| 19 | A profound depression set in at the same time , despite the fact that she knew her bowel symptoms could now be controlled quite easily . |
| 20 | These authorities are presided over by the National Water Council , set up at the same time to be a central co-ordinating body to give advice on major matters of policy ( Times , 1978 ) . |
| 21 | He stood up at the same time as she did , and caught her as she made for the door . |