Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adv] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In January 1642 , Charles I foolishly entered the House of Commons seeking to arrest five leading Members of Parliament ( who were not there at the time ) and he received a magnificent rebuke from the Speaker of the House . |
| 2 | It 's not that he did n't say it , but he was somewhere else at the time , and he just heard the bit of it , he heard the back end of it . |
| 3 | I know that the hon. Member for Sherwood ( Mr. Stewart ) was not here at the time , and he will not be with us much longer , but many Members who are present tonight were here then . |
| 4 | If it sounds funny now , it was not so at the time . |
| 5 | Mark was out there at the time , so we asked him to help us sort it out . |
| 6 | I mean , would n't know , I would n't know , I was n't here at the time . |
| 7 | I was n't there at the time and I 'm damned if they 're going to top me for your brothers . |
| 8 | But I was n't there at the time . |
| 9 | Although I was n't there at the time , just mention it to those who were and watch their colour change to grey ! |
| 10 | oh no , it was n't there at the time of the Telegraph article was it ? |
| 11 | Oh I was n't there at the time was I ? |
| 12 | Balding shrugged : ‘ I was actually away at the time , but I suspect the ground was n't what we thought it was . |