Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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1 | Both Mike and I were away at the time . |
2 | I was near at the time , with Tiffany , in Mansfield . |
3 | Well not so much cheaper cos I was most of the time I was doing it for nothing anyway . |
4 | Well I was n't at the time . |
5 | I 'd taken a box of medication I was on at the time — drops I needed for my eyes , my asthma inhalant and things like that . |
6 | I was on at the time , I had my period . |
7 | ‘ The state I was in at the time I 'd have wanted to murder him myself . |
8 | ‘ I know because I was there at the time . ’ |
9 | But er , I did n't believe in , well it was me dad 's pigs of course , but I was there at the time as well like , you know . |
10 | I was there at the time . ’ |
11 | I was still at the time in a relationship with a man I had lived with for four years and was emotionally dependent on , in more ways than one given my immigrant status in this country . |
12 | I think the fact that I was abroad at the time may have had something to do with it — having left the country I 'd also left my conscience behind . |
13 | Where you have your main account depends very much on where you are most of the time . |
14 | This could result in a fire flaring up , causing possible injury and , especially if you are out at the time , widespread damage . |
15 | If you find it hard to stick to a diet , try keeping a diary for a week where you record what you 've eaten and when , how hungry you were and what sort of mood you were in at the time . |
16 | She was away at the time |
17 | We are not at the time of business , we are here to affirm the call ! |
18 | WELL , we 're back to the time of year when , hopefully , it will be warm and dry enough to get a barbecue organised . |
19 | I mean not even Russia and they 're well behind the times |
20 | I thought they , they were out by the time this book was published that er Maggie Thatcher was out , was , I mean this |
21 | In addition to fully appreciating the significance and context of much of the material they wanted to use , pupils also intended to create new material themselves by acting roles as if they were there at the time . |
22 | Had he been around at the time of my capture I do n't believe I 'd have made it very far . |
23 | Well , so it is most of the time . |
24 | It is only for the time being . |
25 | It is only during the time of waiting , wrote Harsnet , during the time without hope , that these things assume significance , only during the time without hope that one is conscious of them , that one remembers them with despair , that one anticipates them with dread . |
26 | ‘ We ca n't fix a definite time of death until after the post mortem , but we 're working on the assumption that it was shortly after the time agreed for the rendezvous — midnight . |
27 | It was shortly before the time Luke usually arrived on Fridays , and up until today she would have made some excuse to Florian , but reviviscent pride demanded a gesture . |
28 | ‘ It was n't at the time , ’ she said , ‘ because I did n't know it was inexplicable . |
29 | and so you know looking back on it , was all rather funny but erm , it was n't at the time of course particularly for the children and erm mothers . |
30 | It was n't at the time because you had a real complex about it but |