Example sentences of "[noun sg] which at [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 And he went on just across the road to Road Co-op and he bought a small loaf of bread which at that time would be about tuppence , and gave the old lady this small loaf about ten days afterwards he called again , he said , he said I 've come to see you again , now are you alright and so on , he said I 've done a foolish thing this morning , he said I 'm responsible for the flowers , altar flowers , he said and I 've left my wallet at my lodgings , and my landlady has gone down to for the day .
2 Pagina , a move which at that time necessitated his resignation from Canterbury .
3 He was standing against one of the walls of the bedroom , one elbow resting on a long teak shelf which at one time must have contained books , but was now bare , resting his head against the palm of his raised hand in an attitude of relaxation .
4 When the Dada brochure , Cabaret Voltaire , was published in June 1916 it was ‘ a catch-all for the most diverse directions in art which at that time seemed to us to constitute ‘ Dada ’ . ’
5 At one end is the raised stone floor which at one time must have been a sleeping area .
6 There remained only ‘ Z ’ Special Force , an undercover operation on the island run by Captains Broadhurst and Wylie , former members of the Malay police force , who organised native lookouts and a radio reporting system which at one time had 25 radio stations on the island , demonstrating how a few guerrillas may succeed in adverse local conditions where a larger force can not survive .
7 It consisted of natural slabs of flattish stone which at some time in the past had been levelled by wedges , and ‘ helped ’ in places by concrete , to form a crossing-place .
8 It is important to note in this context that courts have an inherent power to permit anyone to act as advocate , though this is seldom exercised except for the massive exception which at one time allowed police officers to act as prosecutors in the magistrates ' courts .
9 TODAY 'S excellent programme at Cheltenham has not been ruined by the hard ground to the extent which at one time appeared likely and there are two bonus runners , namely the champion hurdler , Beech Road in the Charles Heidsieck Champagne Bula Hurdle , and the Queen Mother Two Mile Champion Chase winner Barnbrook Again in the A.F.Budge Handicap Chase .
10 The historical writer Gervase ( a monk of Canterbury and contemporary of Becket ) , although sometimes using the Annunciation discipline which at that time was in more general use , preferred for the bulk of his work , Chronica , Gesta Regum , etc. , the Christmas system — much to the irritation of later writers .
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