Example sentences of "[pron] was [adv] [prep] [art] 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 | " There was once upon a time " , he declared in 1901 , " when I was foolish enough to believe that the foreigners were the great curse of the British seamen . |
| 24 | I knew the pressure yer was under at the time , I 'm not stupid , yer know . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ It was n't at the time , ’ she said , ‘ because I did n't know it was inexplicable . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It was n't at the time because you had a real complex about it but |
| 30 | 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 . |