Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Mike and I were away at the time . |
| 2 | I was near at the time , with Tiffany , in Mansfield . |
| 3 | Well I was n't at the time . |
| 4 | I 'd taken a box of medication I was on at the time — drops I needed for my eyes , my asthma inhalant and things like that . |
| 5 | I was on at the time , I had my period . |
| 6 | ‘ The state I was in at the time I 'd have wanted to murder him myself . |
| 7 | ‘ I know because I was there at the time . ’ |
| 8 | But er , I did n't believe in , well it was me dad 's pigs of course , but I was there at the time as well like , you know . |
| 9 | I was there at the time . ’ |
| 10 | I was still at the time in a relationship with a man I had lived with for four years and was emotionally dependent on , in more ways than one given my immigrant status in this country . |
| 11 | I think the fact that I was abroad at the time may have had something to do with it — having left the country I 'd also left my conscience behind . |
| 12 | He was smitten not especially by Sandra 's looks , but by her whole demeanour , and those who were around at the time must have thought he had understated his feelings when he said later , ‘ It was a no-big-deal act for me . |
| 13 | ‘ We have a number of differing accounts from the people who were there at the time . |
| 14 | The Society has displayed confidence in the contributors by printing their nostalgic talk verbatim and the result is a fascinating account of the town in the earlier part of this century , through the voices of the men and women who were there at the time . |
| 15 | If you find it hard to stick to a diet , try keeping a diary for a week where you record what you 've eaten and when , how hungry you were and what sort of mood you were in at the time . |
| 16 | She was away at the time |
| 17 | It is really impossible for someone not technically qualified , or who was not at the time encouraged to understand more than a very limited aspect of its functions , to analyse the workings of the apparatus . |
| 18 | Rodrigo , who was elsewhere at the time , heard the news with dismay . |
| 19 | In the scenarios above , establishing who was where at the time of the alleged abuse makes the difference between conviction and no conviction . |
| 20 | The prime minister , Giulio Andreotti , who was away at the time , was welcomed home on Monday March 25th by headlines announcing a showdown with Mr Cossiga . |
| 21 | But I had it from Makepeace , who was here at the time . |
| 22 | The police raided the Crown in Dock'ead an' stopped the boxin' that was goin' on there , an' they nicked a lot o' street bookies who was there at the time . |
| 23 | Fortunately no one was aboard at the time . |
| 24 | In addition to fully appreciating the significance and context of much of the material they wanted to use , pupils also intended to create new material themselves by acting roles as if they were there at the time . |
| 25 | I knew the pressure yer was under at the time , I 'm not stupid , yer know . |
| 26 | ‘ It was n't at the time , ’ she said , ‘ because I did n't know it was inexplicable . |
| 27 | and so you know looking back on it , was all rather funny but erm , it was n't at the time of course particularly for the children and erm mothers . |
| 28 | It was n't at the time because you had a real complex about it but |
| 29 | We held a referendum on Britain 's membership of the Community in order to extract the Labour party from the difficulty that it was in at the time . |
| 30 | In temperament , Coleman appears to have been somewhat mercurial , and he could be despondent , as he was understandably at the time of his wife 's illness . |