Example sentences of "[verb] at the time that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believed at the time that I more or less grasped the metaphorical implications of this , but after I had put the phone down I found I was not as clear as I should have hoped to be about exactly what was required of me in concrete practical terms . |
| 2 | She had felt at the time that he was ‘ pretty borderline for special school ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ It seemed at the time that he might not have much need of intimacy . |
| 4 | I assumed at the time that he was crying for the garden and what he 'd done to it . |
| 5 | There were no immediate changes , it went on from private enterprise , the changeover We were told at the time that we were just just to carry on the way we 'd been doing . |
| 6 | The crimps were of course very active and I was told at the time that they would be paid as much as two pounds for every man whom they recruited . |
| 7 | Lisa did vaguely remember , now that Kerry mentioned it , but she 'd been so absorbed in what she was doing at the time that she had n't really paid a great deal of attention . |
| 8 | He had not known at the time that they were officers of the law . |
| 9 | If the Thamesdown one did n't , er , the officers for their own reasons have separated out this particular er , activity , erm , and I felt at the time that it was unreasonable to give a hundred percent funding to er , most C A B's but not to one . |
| 10 | I regarded it as a very happy accident that I went to U.C.L. to study English , not knowing at the time that I was going to a Department and to a College distinguished for English language studies . |
| 11 | But it 's not part of the the police case here , that they knew at the time that they entered the flat . |
| 12 | ‘ But I knew at the time that I felt I had something to offer and that 's why I wanted to come back and be a manager again . |
| 13 | I must say I thought at the time that it was a pretty rough night to choose for a sentimental journey … |
| 14 | ‘ I — er — did n't think at the time that you 'd be that interested in — ’ |
| 15 | Annely Juda said at the time that she would have to be carried out of the building rather than leave . |
| 16 | Crawford said at the time that he identified with his character because he felt that the enthusiasm and initiative of youth was often undervalued by the older generation . |
| 17 | Mr Murphy , who works for the housing department as a caretaker for a group of flats in Coatbridge and is a shop steward for the National Union of Public Employees , said at the time that he could ‘ name names ’ and that elected members had told him that they had been put under pressure when short-leeting jobs . |
| 18 | Mr Murphy , who works for the housing department as a caretaker for a group of flats in Coatbridge and is a shop steward for the National Union of Public Employees , said at the time that he could name names and that elected members had told him they had been put under pressure when short-leeting jobs . |
| 19 | Scott and James McCalman said at the time that it was a stone used for making charcoal after the following fashion . |
| 20 | Police said at the time that it looked like the work of the IRA . |
| 21 | I said at the time that it was rather important from the point of view of the economy that we should not have wage increases which we could not afford . |
| 22 | Although I did the lights for Hamlet at school , I never understood the play , thinking at the time that it was much ado about very little . |
| 23 | The entrance was on the second deck , a large double door now wide open that Delaney remembered from before , thinking at the time that it led to a storage area . |
| 24 | They stayed in the bedroom for half an hour or so , talking , looking at the things , talking : and Clara remembered thinking at the time that it was just such a honeysuckle-filtered , sunny conversational afternoon that would in years to come , whatever those years might bring , cause her the most sad and exquisite nostalgia . |