Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was young at the time , a little girl . |
| 2 | ‘ I was loyal to the Time Lords . |
| 3 | I was nine at the time of the wedding and you just could not imagine how foolish I felt , dressed as a bride in all her finery , standing beside a six-year-old and with hundreds of people looking on . |
| 4 | I was half-smashed at the time . |
| 5 | I was fifteen at the time , and we were on holiday in the mountains . |
| 6 | I was fourteen at the time , so was she ; she sent me a signed photograph which I keep in the breast pocket of my school blazer until both photograph and blazer fell apart . |
| 7 | I was twelve at the time . ’ |
| 8 | Yeah , and we explained and said that I was pregnant at the time and we said about the policeman , oh no trouble ! |
| 9 | I was sixteen at the time . |
| 10 | I was ill at the time of the scholarship examination , however , and did not take it . |
| 11 | I was ill at the time with the ague but I remember the verdict being recorded . |
| 12 | ‘ I was embarrassed at the time because it was a serious occasion but secretly I was also very flattered . |
| 13 | made me laugh ( especially as I was happy at the time anyway : - ) |
| 14 | Either I was wrong at the time or the author has dramatically improved . |
| 15 | But I was forty-six at the time ! |
| 16 | I was miserable at the time , but later I realised Heavenly Father was looking after me because if Aunt Mary had said play , we 'd have gone out , and I 'd have missed the breakthrough . |
| 17 | I was twenty-one at the time and the whole experience gave me a lot of confidence . ’ |
| 18 | Well actually how I got into it was I was idle at the time and er my two chums were French polishers and as I 've said and they said , Er now would you like to come in and try it ? |
| 19 | I suppose I was confused at the time . |
| 20 | Er I was forty at the time so I was five |
| 21 | I was seven at the time , and I decided quite literally there and then that what I wanted to do was play the guitar like John Williams , and that was that . |
| 22 | I was ten at the time and attending Sir Robert Hitchams Primary School . |
| 23 | If you were wise at the time , you will have had a second report bound up and filed , containing every fact used , every reference studied , all the results of tests , every reason you had in mind when you drew your conclusions — and you alone will have access to these private notes . |
| 24 | ‘ You were ill at the time to some extent , but you were a businessman and must have known what you were doing , paying substantial sums of money yourself . ’ |
| 25 | She was breathless by the time she reached the farm . |
| 26 | She was unconscious by the time I reached her , ’ she said . |
| 27 | She was unaware of the time passing ; there was only the comforting tick of the grandmother clock in the corner to break the silence . |
| 28 | She was 16 at the time , but later succeeded in qualifying as a lawyer . |
| 29 | She was vague about the time , but it was definitely late on . |
| 30 | ‘ She was young at the time , just fourteen , and I suppose did n't really know what she was saying . |