Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] it at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I read it and I gave a similar look back and I think I probably said something like that did n't happen or something along those lines , that 's hard to believe that had happened and passed it back to him and then that was it , we did not discuss it at the time … |
| 2 | ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East . |
| 3 | Although we did not know it at the time , the next census figures were to show an over-all drop of more than 11% . |
| 4 | Corman , a young independent producer born of the post-Superior Court ruling when studios were cutting back on their own B-movie productions , did not know it at the time , nor did anyone else , but he was about to make a significant contribution to what later became known as the ‘ new Hollywood ’ through the personalities he gave work to on low budget films , either acting , writing , directing or all three . |
| 5 | Although he did not know it at the time , Hess 's work was to initiate a revolution in geological and geophysical thinking , and ultimately it became the foundation of a major new theory about how continents and oceans are related , and what part volcanoes play in the evolution of the Earth . |
| 6 | I did not know it at the time , but Helmut knew that Jean-Claude was still seeing Otto . |
| 7 | This was to be a momentous decision although he did not know it at the time . |
| 8 | You may not feel it at the moment because I 've blocked your mind from the pain . |
| 9 | You may not see it at the back there a lot stronger , okay . |
| 10 | Though the hardpressed French could not see it at the time , something had in fact gone dramatically wrong with the meticulous German plans ; that is , with the Crown Prince 's plans . |
| 11 | In fact the Germans were firing into the air , although we did not realize it at the time , so there were no casualties . |
| 12 | Often there is no such work to be had , but if there is , the asylum seekers should not take it at the expense of people already here . |
| 13 | She gave the young MacGregor a book on Parliament but he did not read it at the time , and he can not trace his decision to go into politics back to that . |
| 14 | It is naturally important to them that their children and grandchildren should know what life was like when they were young , and although younger people may not realise it at the time , a knowledge of their own family history and the characters that made it can be valuable to them , too , if they are to understand themselves and their own lives . |
| 15 | Many of the delegates were later to become officers , and although Eva did not realise it at the time people in high places were again taking note of her presence . |
| 16 | well I 'm always calling them tweedle dum and tweedle dee , hey do n't throw it at the house , it might be something fragile |
| 17 | I did n't know it at the time , but he had come to prepare us for the move to England . |
| 18 | Though I did n't know it at the time , Lebanon was suffering only the hors d'oeuvre of the devil 's dinner . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I did n't know it at the time , but the telegraphist on the next set to mine-Lofty , he 's called — was on my wavelength too . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't know it at the time . |
| 21 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 22 | Of course I did n't know it at the time , but by then my mother and father 's marriage was showing cracks . |
| 23 | SO next time you need washing powder , washing up liquid , shampoo , etc. do n't buy it at the supermarket ( they make enough profit already ! ) order it from me ( I order on Sundays to deliver the next Friday ) and LET NCT HAVE THE PROFITS … |
| 24 | O M O V you ca n't buy it at the chemist it is n't a new type of bread for some religious festival it 's not a new cleaning detergent O M O V what is O M O V ? |
| 25 | and could n't clear it at the end of the quarter ? |
| 26 | If you have a young family a sandpit can be popular but do n't site it at the bottom of the garden out of sight . |
| 27 | If you ca n't do it here you ca n't do it at the beginning of the second appointment , if you ca n't do it there then the chances are you 'll do it right at the end and if you have n't made the sale I guarantee you wo n't ask . |
| 28 | She would n't do it at the time , because she felt the whole issue ought to be allowed to settle down . |
| 29 | He added : ‘ Ferzana wanted to watch TV and could n't do it at the family gathering . ’ |
| 30 | We did n't watch it at the cinema . |