Example sentences of "[be] [verb] at the time [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is dated December 1959 , and may therefore have been written at the time that Take a girl like you was being completed . |
| 2 | There were no immediate changes , it went on from private enterprise , the changeover We were told at the time that we were just just to carry on the way we 'd been doing . |
| 3 | It was reported at the time that ten or more navvies met their death fighting and falling from scaffolding as this tunnel is unusually high and was built to accommodate double tracks . |
| 4 | It was reported at the time that Yorkshire secretary J.H. Nash considered Fiddling inconsistent , although capable of brilliance . |
| 5 | It was felt at the time that the upward movement was out of line with the underlying trend and the latest figures analysed by Reward suggest it has in fact been short-lived . |
| 6 | It was felt at the time that regional disparities would inhibit commitment by member states to such integration . |
| 7 | I was told at the time that this system had been adopted because it was impossible to fit a mechanical servo as fitted to the Series III without major surgery , |
| 8 | The crimps were of course very active and I was told at the time that they would be paid as much as two pounds for every man whom they recruited . |
| 9 | It was thought at the time that the talks would result in some extension of the deadline . |
| 10 | It was known at the time that there was going to be opposition to them and it was an absolute recipe for debate after debate , council meeting after council meeting , committee meeting after committee meeting . |
| 11 | Lisa did vaguely remember , now that Kerry mentioned it , but she 'd been so absorbed in what she was doing at the time that she had n't really paid a great deal of attention . |