Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [v-ing] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The backs of my legs were trembling at that time , but this was probably as much due to the cold as to the feeling of betrayal that had invaded my being . |
| 2 | or whatever , just let them know roughly what you 're doing , cos , all they get is a tape , it gives them an idea of what sort of things were happening at that time , any words they ca n't pick up if she 's cooking , maybe that 's something she was making or whatever , erm , in the please write the first names and details , why you know them , of all the people speaking on this side of the tape , in order in which they speak on the tape in the first , first instance , right , you know , so now Carla , my husband , myself , Lee and , you do n't need to repeat them again after that |
| 3 | On relating the story to Mr Bailey , the man asked whether a train service was running at that time of night . |
| 4 | These formed far and away the largest group in the population of Europe , and it is the evidence that their numbers were expanding rapidly which offers the most substantial proof that the population of western Christendom as a whole was rising at this time . |
| 5 | First , it is clear that they would need to be mutually oriented ; they would each need to be aware of what the other was doing at any time . |
| 6 | It was considered that rough copper was costing at that time £3 : 15s : 0d to produce but would sell for only £2 : 16s : 0d at the most . |
| 7 | Investigation of town plans reveals that many cities were growing at this time ; the records reveal increasing long-distance trade ; in the Mediterranean there was a growth of the commerce of the Italian cities so striking that Professor Lopez has labelled it and its northern counterpart ‘ the commercial revolution ’ . |
| 8 | He remembers the Very High Frequency ( VHF ) radio was far superior to the kit the RAF was using at that time . |
| 9 | The Mid Hampshire coroner , Grahame Short , said : ‘ It seems that Sarah was contemplating at that time taking her life . |