Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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1 | Not that the organs of perception apprehended it at the time . |
2 | As one director put it at the time : ‘ I will not allow my social workers , one of whose core values is honesty , to go into people 's houses and behave in a fundamentally deceitful way ’ . |
3 | Oh yeah , he told me afterwards right , that he , the only reason he was angry was because Friday night reminded him of the time in his past or something ! |
4 | Inspector did you at the time , know of Lawrence ? |
5 | You were told at the time you did , and Councillor told you at the time that th it was totally inadequate was the children 's budget , so how can you expect more money from the Government when your sense of priorities is so blatantly wrong on the money that you 're already handling . |
6 | The two men said nothing at the time to their wives , but a day or two later , the question of an evening of cards cropped up . |
7 | Although these omissions suited me at the time , I have since found them incredible to the point of doubting my own powers of recollection , but when I checked recently with my sister , she confirmed their accuracy . |
8 | ‘ My grandfather had signed his own death warrant , though only my mother knew it at the time . ’ |