Example sentences of "[pron] was [adv] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was near at the time , with Tiffany , in Mansfield . |
| 2 | Well not so much cheaper cos I was most of the time I was doing it for nothing anyway . |
| 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 | Sometimes when they were in a needy mood , which was most of the time , David would be out in the lobby at Advision Studios where we were recording , and they would be cuddling and cooing and wooing — it was disgusting . |
| 13 | When nobody from the long list of eminent organizations which had registered their opposition could be present , however ( which was most of the time ) , the burden of maintaining a presence and regular cross-examining was left to a few stalwarts . |
| 14 | Every time she missed the ball — which was most of the time — she became more angry . |
| 15 | She was away at the time |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Rodrigo , who was elsewhere at the time , heard the news with dismay . |
| 18 | In the scenarios above , establishing who was where at the time of the alleged abuse makes the difference between conviction and no conviction . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But I had it from Makepeace , who was here at the time . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Fortunately no one was aboard at the time . |
| 23 | I knew the pressure yer was under at the time , I 'm not stupid , yer know . |
| 24 | ‘ We ca n't fix a definite time of death until after the post mortem , but we 're working on the assumption that it was shortly after the time agreed for the rendezvous — midnight . |
| 25 | It was shortly before the time Luke usually arrived on Fridays , and up until today she would have made some excuse to Florian , but reviviscent pride demanded a gesture . |
| 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 | Seb knew it was well past the time he and Carrie should have retired to their respective bedrooms , but he found the thought of mentioning bed vaguely embarrassing . |
| 30 | Erm so that is and what we 're doing is to try and recreate the appearance of the house as it was not in the time when the canons had it , but when William had it because we know a lot about him and his family and also we know more about the furnishings of that period . |