Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adj] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ONE OF FIVE children who father , a bookie , died young , Lenny McLean grew up in one of the tougher parts of London 's East End , left school at fifteen and , as a young man , started to make a few quid in the unlicensed boxing matches which were becoming increasingly popular at the time . |
| 2 | But it is possible that both views were influenced by hindsight and that matters seemed less clear-cut at the time . |
| 3 | But it is possible that both views were influenced by hindsight and that matters seemed less clear-cut at the time . |
| 4 | The observation that there was spontaneous electrical activity at the surface of the cortex seemed relatively insignificant at the time , but it was the discovery of the electro-encephalogram . |
| 5 | I did and I passed the exam ( which seemed very important at the time , although now I am not so sure ) . |
| 6 | But then , in the early '70s , Bristol was very raffish : the port connection made it a terribly druggy city , which to a student seemed very exciting at the time . ’ |
| 7 | The third is that they may say things that seem absolutely correct at the time , but which are made ludicrous by the unfolding of events . |
| 8 | I do n't think Zbigniew 's marriage to Tatyana was going too swell at the time . |
| 9 | With my guitar , I was trying to sound like Lightning Hopkins and John Lee Hooker and people like this , and we just thought … ‘ this sounds OK ’ , and it did n't sound too bad at the time . |
| 10 | Erm then he moves on to the middle peasants erm they 're similar , I mean once again they , they 've got enough to eat , they are , they are n't under as much stress , I mean th th they can su survive and so the idea of them risking all to support a revolution would be very er you know very risky at the time at the beginning er the opening period erm so once again th th I 'd say their conclusion is afraid not , you know , I wo n't join a peasant association , i it wo n't last . |
| 11 | She looked back over that stormy summer and was surprised to see each scene , even the ones that had seemed rather painful at the time , shining with an almost holy silver light . |
| 12 | The researcher who collects data on everything under the sun , just because it seems so easy at the time to ask a few more questions about this and that , usually rues the day when the analysis of all the answers has to be carried out . |
| 13 | Like many other academic initiatives , it seems to have gone largely unnoticed at the time , and its historical importance has been perhaps exaggerated by those who live between the covers of books , yet it illustrates that in Germany freedom is considered primarily as freedom from an occupying power , from external political domination . |
| 14 | Perhaps what we read as brute coincidence , silky irony , or brave , far-sighted modernism , looked quite different at the time . |
| 15 | The hole cards for what proved to be a $2 million pot looked pretty small at the time : for Dastmalchi , for Jacobs . |
| 16 | I should add here that even as a junior at Halton I was in the senior cross-country team — which only people in their very last year were normally eligible to join and at this stage I was in my first year of three , I was allowed to go out on any occasion , in running gear , to train as I was a bona fide member of the team and so on one of these occasions when I was out training — I always wore a sort of towel around my neck which looked very professional at the time and quite unnecessary — I managed to conceal the altimeter , which had become very very hot property by this time because it was known that several instruments were missing and we could have a visit from the gendarme . |
| 17 | You are also responsible for the formation of future adults and , although children may not seem terribly appreciative at the time , most of them , when grown up , look back with delight on simple childhood memories . |
| 18 | ‘ It was like a comedy , ’ says Banderas , who spoke only Spanish at the time . |
| 19 | The TV playback showed that Southall had held the ball for 13 seconds , although it did not seem as long at the time . |
| 20 | It did n't seem particularly odd at the time , I suppose , but looking back I was surprised he did n't say anything like , ‘ Have a nice trip . ’ |
| 21 | One may be aware of feelings , sexual ones for example , that one is not able to conceptualise as sexual at the time . |
| 22 | Reputed to be a conservative and an advocate of a narrow interpretation of the Constitution , Souter 's recent appointment as an Appeals Court judge , together with a sparse record of published opinion , meant that his views on contentious contemporary issues remained largely unknown at the time of his nomination . |
| 23 | Actually , they were feeling quite secure at the time for the Museum building was hurricane proof , one of the strongest around . |