Example sentences of "[Wh det] [prep] the time [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 I remembered now another give-away sound which at the time I had n't noticed — a click on the line at the beginning of my conversation with the woman .
2 He made very few mistakes and so often picked out the right line on the greens , lines which at the time I doubted , that I left the decisions to him . ’
3 Well , Mr er er Mr er wife was in the room , there was a child in the room , erm which at the time I did n't even realise there were two children but er there was one child in the room and er really for decency more than anything .
4 Having consolidated his base , he launched an aggressive drive that led to the take-over of Newcastle Breweries and several smaller Edinburgh companies to form Scottish & Newcastle , which by the time he retired as chairman in 1969 was supplying about 10 per cent of British beer sales .
5 Soon after joining the WSPU in 1906 she had embarked on a campaign of disruptive action which by the time she went to Epsom for the Derby had brought her numerous prison sentences for offences such as obstruction , throwing bricks , setting fire to pillar-boxes and smashing windows in the House of Commons .
6 And what about the time he had interrupted Lord Boddy , and then realized that all he had wanted to say was that it was interesting ?
7 I do n't think I should say sorry for doing what at the time I believed to be right , ’ said the Prime Minister , receiving his loudest ovation of the night .
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