Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I was on at the time , I had my period . |
| 3 | ‘ The state I was in at the time I 'd have wanted to murder him myself . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I thought they , they were out by the time this book was published that er Maggie Thatcher was out , was , I mean this |
| 6 | We held a referendum on Britain 's membership of the Community in order to extract the Labour party from the difficulty that it was in at the time . |
| 7 | Yeah I , I , I think , I think it was about by the time he , he 'd had this allowance from you know going to College , I , I think it left him with about twenty seven bob a week , which was n't bad you know . |