Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [prep] this time " in BNC.

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1 Salmon , who was an intimate friend of Picasso 's at this time , described a few years later his restless state of mind : ‘ Picasso was unsettled .
2 The Spanish writer Gomez de la Serna , a friend of Picasso 's at this time and an habitué of the Bateau Lavoir during his visits to Paris , recalls that Picasso 's walls there were decorated with reproductions of El Grecos .
3 Napoleon was at this time trying to push the Russians into war with Turkey , and Czartoryski , aware of this , had no wish to see Russia involved on Serbia 's side in a conflict with the sultan .
4 Gorbachev was at this time on an official visit to West Germany , which was curtailed somewhat in view of domestic developments .
5 FRIENDS WERE WORRIED ABOUT HOW POOR THE ASHLEYS WERE AT THIS TIME BUT THE CHILDREN ARE WEARING MATCHING SWEATERS .
6 She was amazed how much easier the tube journey to Mornington Crescent was at this time of the day .
7 It was empty , Jo was by this time awake ( having crept earlier to bed ) , but she did n't move for fear of her father 's anger interpreting his shouts of rage , she gathered that her mother was gone and realising what damage he could consequently do to her and her baby , she knew that she had to escape .
8 As a result Camberwell was at this time one of the most fertile art schools in Britain .
9 Nathan is behind this time which means I can have the occasional shouted conversation with Tony .
10 Vlasov was by this time fully aware of the likely fate of his army , many of whom had grisly crimes to answer for ; however , he himself refused to take an opportunity to escape to Spain .
11 Henry Newbolt was at this time Hewlett 's neighbour in Wiltshire , and it seems to have been at this Christmas time that Hewlett took Pound to see Newbolt , who figures elsewhere in Canto 80 :
12 ‘ Imshi ’ Mason was at this time the leading ‘ ace ’ of the Middle East theatre , having been credited with over 15 victories by the end of January 1941 .
13 Greg was by this time at University , and Shanti missed him very much .
14 Mr Cubbage was by this time almost demented , he had to know Coleen 's decision , so he wrote an impassioned letter begging her to accept his proposal of marriage .
15 Though Danzig was by this time 90 per cent Protestant and almost entirely German in character and culture , the city still feared the worst from Prussian rule .
16 As Minister of Internal Affairs , Valuev was by this time in a position to act .
17 Macho and Ulysse were by this time standing upright , concentrating on the movements of the colobus high up in the trees .
18 Eastern Pomerania , however , the area that was eventually to become the Polish Corridor was 60–100 per cent Polish , while the Pomeranian districts of Lębork and Słupsk were by this time only 0.5–10 per cent Polish .
19 Eliot was at this time increasingly preoccupied with the question of ‘ public knowledge ’ .
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