Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adj] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was young at the time , a little girl . |
| 2 | ‘ I was loyal to the Time Lords . |
| 3 | I was nine at the time of the wedding and you just could not imagine how foolish I felt , dressed as a bride in all her finery , standing beside a six-year-old and with hundreds of people looking on . |
| 4 | I was half-smashed at the time . |
| 5 | I was fifteen at the time , and we were on holiday in the mountains . |
| 6 | I was fourteen at the time , so was she ; she sent me a signed photograph which I keep in the breast pocket of my school blazer until both photograph and blazer fell apart . |
| 7 | I was twelve at the time . ’ |
| 8 | Yeah , and we explained and said that I was pregnant at the time and we said about the policeman , oh no trouble ! |
| 9 | I was sixteen at the time . |
| 10 | I was ill at the time of the scholarship examination , however , and did not take it . |
| 11 | I was ill at the time with the ague but I remember the verdict being recorded . |
| 12 | ‘ I was embarrassed at the time because it was a serious occasion but secretly I was also very flattered . |
| 13 | I was stuck in a time warp in every sense , one that encompassed my part of Cliff Top as well . |
| 14 | made me laugh ( especially as I was happy at the time anyway : - ) |
| 15 | Either I was wrong at the time or the author has dramatically improved . |
| 16 | But I was forty-six at the time ! |
| 17 | I was miserable at the time , but later I realised Heavenly Father was looking after me because if Aunt Mary had said play , we 'd have gone out , and I 'd have missed the breakthrough . |
| 18 | I was twenty-one at the time and the whole experience gave me a lot of confidence . ’ |
| 19 | Well actually how I got into it was I was idle at the time and er my two chums were French polishers and as I 've said and they said , Er now would you like to come in and try it ? |
| 20 | I suppose I was confused at the time . |
| 21 | Er I was forty at the time so I was five |
| 22 | I was seven at the time , and I decided quite literally there and then that what I wanted to do was play the guitar like John Williams , and that was that . |
| 23 | I was ten at the time and attending Sir Robert Hitchams Primary School . |
| 24 | His reasons for using the guillotine in the past , which were appropriate at the time but are inappropriate now , were apparently that Labour legislation was very good and his guillotine motions showed the requisite democratic reticence . |
| 25 | The original calculations which are outlined in er N Y six are based on assumptions which were available at the time which were based on the eighty one census essentially , those calculations form the basis of the consultation plan and the deposit plan . |
| 26 | You cover the parts listed on pages two and three , which is engine , gearbox , erm differential , prop shaft , brakes , electrical , etc. , but that 's qualified by the fact that you do n't cover any parts which were faulty at the time of purchase , or inherent faults at the time of purchase , |
| 27 | Very occasionally he also made designs to be carried out by others — and if acting in an architect 's supervisory capacity only he would charge the 5 per cent fee which was normal at the time — while at Ditchley he was , remarkably , employed as both ‘ surveyor ’ , receiving his 5 per cent , and mason contractor . |
| 28 | For it suggests that they may be penalised in future for environmental damage which was legal at the time they allowed it to happen . |
| 29 | St Mary 's chose to perform The Nativity , which was appropriate for the time of the year . |
| 30 | But what Dom Pérignon did accomplish , which was unique at the time , was the production of a clear , untainted , white wine from black grapes . |