Example sentences of "[pers pn] think [prep] the time [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I thought at the time it was a crazy thing to agree to and early events seemed to confirm this .
2 and I thought at the time it 's , it 's quite good enough just to have the idea and talk about the idea , make some drawings and
3 I thought at the time she sounded a bit over anxious to explain why she had n't told us before , but it was n't long before I knew why . ’
4 I thought at the time she made nought of it , but back last summer , like you say , round August bank 'oliday , she came to see me and asked me to tell 'er everything I remembered 'bout the day of the explosion .
5 And B-tested Peter Davidson , a former police inspector , said later : ‘ I thought at the time he 'd had more to drink than me .
6 And I think by the time we get
7 I have heard her called a professional invalid , but I think by the time she retired to bed she must have been genuinely worn out , and duty done , how seductive must have been the temptation to escape into that room at the end of the house , with its garden door , and warm fire ; to write poetry , like Elizabeth Barrett Browning , and to be waited on by her daughter ( ‘ Coming , Mother ! ’ ) who would , and did , cope with the house and the shop and even my grandfather .
8 And I think by the time she 'd finished it would be half price , she 'd walk out with the thing half price , and she 'd say , well you know , it 's just , they make up prices and you go to another shop and it would be the half price marked , and you go into another shop it would be , you know ,
9 He thought at the time he was marrying the ‘ prefect woman ’ .
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