Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the delegates were later to become officers , and although Eva did not realise it at the time people in high places were again taking note of her presence . |
| 2 | But the significance of this did not strike him at the moment . |
| 3 | This , of course , did not affect me at the time ! |
| 4 | She gave the young MacGregor a book on Parliament but he did not read it at the time , and he can not trace his decision to go into politics back to that . |
| 5 | In fact the Germans were firing into the air , although we did not realize it at the time , so there were no casualties . |
| 6 | So I read it and I gave a similar look back and I think I probably said something like that did n't happen or something along those lines , that 's hard to believe that had happened and passed it back to him and then that was it , we did not discuss it at the time … |
| 7 | ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East . |
| 8 | Although we did not know it at the time , the next census figures were to show an over-all drop of more than 11% . |
| 9 | Corman , a young independent producer born of the post-Superior Court ruling when studios were cutting back on their own B-movie productions , did not know it at the time , nor did anyone else , but he was about to make a significant contribution to what later became known as the ‘ new Hollywood ’ through the personalities he gave work to on low budget films , either acting , writing , directing or all three . |
| 10 | Although he did not know it at the time , Hess 's work was to initiate a revolution in geological and geophysical thinking , and ultimately it became the foundation of a major new theory about how continents and oceans are related , and what part volcanoes play in the evolution of the Earth . |
| 11 | I did not know it at the time , but Helmut knew that Jean-Claude was still seeing Otto . |
| 12 | This was to be a momentous decision although he did not know it at the time . |
| 13 | Most countries organize censuses of their population on something like ten-yearly intervals , but not all do , and they certainly do not do them at the same point in time . |
| 14 | When taking notes it is important to write down any new words or concepts , even if you do not understand them at the time . |
| 15 | We did n't watch it at the cinema . |
| 16 | That 's why I wrote to you about Herr Sussmeyer and enclosed the pubic hair , though I did n't realise it at the time . |
| 17 | Julie , 24 yesterday , said : ‘ I always loved him , I just did n't realise it at the time . ’ |
| 18 | Though he did n't realise it at the time , cricket was his life and consuming interest . |
| 19 | The Brigadier said , ‘ You 're sure they did n't spot you at the hotel ? ’ |
| 20 | Onassis invited me — I did n't know him at the time but later we became great friends — and we talked . |
| 21 | I did n't know it at the time , but he had come to prepare us for the move to England . |
| 22 | Though I did n't know it at the time , Lebanon was suffering only the hors d'oeuvre of the devil 's dinner . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I did n't know it at the time , but the telegraphist on the next set to mine-Lofty , he 's called — was on my wavelength too . |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't know it at the time . |
| 25 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 26 | Of course I did n't know it at the time , but by then my mother and father 's marriage was showing cracks . |
| 27 | I did n't realize it at the time but I think it wants |
| 28 | With one sergeant I had then , I used to make up stories about keeping an eye on thieves if he did n't find me at the points . |
| 29 | We did n't have them at the back either , for that matter . |
| 30 | They did n't have them at the bookshop I went to , they 'd never heard of the magazine , and a friend of mine who writes poetry said he was certain it did n't exist . ’ |