Example sentences of "the best of times and " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not like using the telephone at the best of times and was never very fond of small-talk , that tedious lubricant for rusty little minds . |
| 2 | Change is uncomfortable at the best of times and the patient is discomforted . |
| 3 | Telling you Christmas dinner 's no picnic for The Lady of the House at the best of times and this year was no exception . |
| 4 | It was run on a shoestring at the best of times and Kelly was merely adding to his problems . |
| 5 | It was indeed the best of times and the worst of times , as I have found most prolonged expeditions to be . |
| 6 | They 're frightened of women at the best of times and strong women scare them even more . |
| 7 | He was an emotional man at the best of times and a proud one , and the one often cancelled out the other . |
| 8 | In a letter to the General Secretary the wife of a member had quoted Charles Dickens in describing the dispute , ‘ They were the best of times and they were the worst of times ’ . |
| 9 | I do n't like strangers at the best of times and particularly not when I 'm eating . |