Example sentences of "at [adj] time or another " in BNC.
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| 1 | This must happen to most dieters at some time or another . |
| 2 | Most of us need to borrow money at some time or another . |
| 3 | In the meantime , it is likely that everyone had contracted the disease at some time or another in his or her life , and it proved fatal to those with the merest weakness whose bodies could not withstand its ravages . |
| 4 | Anything lost into a black hole would , at some time or another , be returned via a white hole . |
| 5 | She had eight brothers and had had to fight or argue with every one of them at some time or another . |
| 6 | They are doing work which every compositor is called upon to do at some time or another , that is plain composition , " but he added that the men do " the many operations that go to make up the comp 's calling " . |
| 7 | Collectively , that does not leave many of us out ; and there can , of course , be few of us who have not at some time or another suffered from what might be thought of as a sexual problem albeit , perhaps , a trifling one . |
| 8 | Few workers have not at some time or another been strongly attracted towards a client . |
| 9 | Where do you start with love , every body wants to love , every body wants to be loved , every one at some time or another is disappointed by love and while its difficult sometimes talking about it not talking about it can have some really serious consequences , so let's try to get to the heart of it tonight , one hundred women are prepared to share their wisdom if not their secrets , I 'd like to start off by seeing if we can differentiate between loving and being in love . |
| 10 | Hell , everybody I know 's done something like that at some time or another but that does n't make them a murderer ; I think McDunn 's crazy but I ca n't tell him that because , if he 's wrong about that and I 'm wrong about it being something to do with those guys who died in the Lake District a few years ago , then there 's only one suspect left and that 's me . |
| 11 | Regular visitors to Switzerland will almost inevitably have changed trains there at some time or another . |
| 12 | At some time or another most of us will have sat beside the shore of a loch when there 's complete calm and not a breath of air . |
| 13 | And to prove his point he cited beside the names of Matisse and two or three other painters who had been Fauves those of Robert Delaunay , Henri Le Fauconnier , Jean Metzinger , André Lhote and Marie Laurencin , all of whom were at some time or another involved in the Cubist movement . |
| 14 | Because such a scenario is plausible the sort of nightmare we 've all contemplated at some time or another this movie makes for far more frightening entertainment than the most graphic of shock horrors . |
| 15 | Because such a scenario is plausible the sort of nightmare we 've all contemplated at some time or another this movie makes for far more frightening entertainment than the most graphic of shock horrors . |
| 16 | But erm Idris said , in effect , which is an expression which we 've all used at some time or another , he did nothing for me . |
| 17 | Pulling and shying are two problems that we have all experienced with our horses at some time or another . |
| 18 | ‘ Most of us use the booths at one time or another , and they are the obvious place to go if you need a picture for your identity card . ’ |
| 19 | Pearce nevertheless made a point of visiting every single British Aerospace factory at one time or another during his seven years as chairman , some of them more than once . |
| 20 | Some twenty per cent of all Oscar-winning actors , actresses and directors have been married to each other at one time or another . |
| 21 | Although the subject was something not discussed , almost everyone in the road had at one time or another been confided in and had helped Mrs Browning as far as they could , although she seemed to feel she should not worry any particular neighbour too much so went from one to another , as it were in turn . |
| 22 | Lord Shawcross , who at one time or another was chairman of the Bar Council , the Press Council , the Medical Research Council , the Takeover Panel , and assorted royal commissions and tribunals of inquiry , claimed when questioned that the consideration uppermost in the minds of such figures was ‘ the national interest ’ . |
| 23 | People who have spent a lot of time with horses will have seen most of these emotions in horses at one time or another . |
| 24 | All of us have at one time or another contributed to the Great Bores of Today , with our moans of the other night when we sat down to watch television and ‘ there was nothing on ’ . |
| 25 | This is an absolute treasure house for any editor or writer unsure of a common foreign phrase , an abbreviation , or the spelling of a tricky name — which means all of us at one time or another . |
| 26 | It is now common in most accounts to begin with the proviso that the designation ‘ nouveau roman ’ is merely a convenient quasi-journalistic or even marketing label attached to an otherwise heterogeneous collection of writers , sharing little other than the same publishing house at one time or another ( Editions de Minuit ) . |
| 27 | Resorts : French speaking Verbier can lay a justifiable claim to be the best skiing in Europe — and to attract the most gung-ho British visitors ; all addicts must visit Zermatt , Grindelwald /Wengen/Murren and Davos/Klosters at one time or another ; Andermatt is an off-piste paradise ; Engelberg is recommended for intermediates , as is Champery , a pretty village with good access to the huge Portes du Soleil circuit : beginners do not need to go to Switzerland , but Saas Fee is a good place to learn if you must . |
| 28 | Although nobody ever remarked upon the fact , it was tacitly acknowledged now that Nails slept with Firelight ; he had been discovered by them all at one time or another early in the morning still asleep . |
| 29 | In the Western world ( though not often in developing countries ) many public library users read recreationally at one time or another , and large numbers of people read in this way almost exclusively . |
| 30 | Anne , the Pixie Second , often ran errands for her , and at one time or another most of the Brownies in the Pack had done a good turn for the little old lady . |