Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Lucien 's family , they had only come together at the times appointed by the Church : meals , various holidays , family councils and those mysterious , Church-nominated occasions when children were conceived . |
| 2 | However , as the need for this particular type of system was not believed to be acute , it was not pursued further at the time . |
| 3 | These Koi may not look much at the time you part with your cash , but then , certain varieties never show their full potential until they are mature . |
| 4 | ‘ Country properties were not selling well at the time . |
| 5 | " The Four Points were the most celebrated diplomatic achievement of the Crimean war " , but did not seem so at the time they were agreed because Nicholas had just begun withdrawing his forces from the Danubian Principalities . |
| 6 | But , says his co-worker Dr David Morgan , if Allison thought that this was due to the production of free-oxygen radicals , ‘ He certainly did not say so at the time . ’ |
| 7 | I understand that the signalling and axle counter system , which is used to detect the location of trains in the tunnel , was not working normally at the time . |
| 8 | The army which set out to recover Berwick from the Scots in July 1319 was some 14,000 strong , but it ended with a humiliating retreat and flight into England ; undoubtedly the Scottish outflanking movement which penetrated deep into England was the major contributor to this disaster , but acrimony between Lancaster and Edward may have helped bring it about and was certainly magnified by it , so that afterwards the relations of the two men rapidly deteriorated just at the time when Despenser the younger was antagonizing other magnates as well . |
| 9 | Mr Mazowiecki also said pointedly at the time that he was not prepared to replace one philosophically biased government ( a communist one ) with another philosophically biased government ( an avowedly Catholic one ) . |
| 10 | I suppose it was good for us , but we did n't think so at the time . |
| 11 | I mean , I did n't think so at the time but when I think of it you know , and later when I came back after the war we , oh my God ! |
| 12 | He remembered falling , and the deck coming up to hit him , which brought back the sensation — although it had n't done so at the time — of the moment just before the torpedo hit Lanark . |
| 13 | If you wish to apply for such a pass , please do so at the time or order , giving the following details and indicate whether or not your order is dependent on the allocation of a Vehicle Pass : Date required , Vehicle registration number , Vehicle type , Drivers ’ name or organisation , Number of persons with disabilities and total number of passengers . |
| 14 | ‘ You never said so at the time , ’ she mutters . |