Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [vb pp] at the time " in BNC.

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1 I was drunk at the time , if you must know .
2 Imagination from other viewpoints depends on my having already perceived something analogous from the then present and my own , and is undernourished if I was distracted at the time by consideration of the future or of others .
3 I was told at the time that this system had been adopted because it was impossible to fit a mechanical servo as fitted to the Series III without major surgery ,
4 The crimps were of course very active and I was told at the time that they would be paid as much as two pounds for every man whom they recruited .
5 The details of Julian 's life are not known , but it is highly unlikely that she was professed at the time of her visionary experience — if at all .
6 I sincerely hope that Mrs. X 's complaint was not treated in a dismissive way because , as she readily admitted , she was drunk at the time of the assault .
7 Well forgive me , the , the reason for that is , it was explained at the time if one 's going to defend the decision of where you 're going to put your roads , then you 've got in reality look at all them options ridiculous some they will be , whether they dig tunnels under the Orwell or knocking down Wordsworth Road I mean it 's all got to be looked at .
8 Yeah but I , I think that 's the importance basically I mean reading through this it 's very easy to sort of in , in a way you know go , go to this point of view because it was written at the time , but I mean we , we still now that it was a very sort of say left wing point of view
9 One Russian paper , described as ‘ highly conservative ’ , contained a piece , some of which , it was said at the time , was barely capable of being rendered into printable English .
10 It was pressed at the time when Red Rhino were having their well documented financial troubles .
11 It was felt at the time that the upward movement was out of line with the underlying trend and the latest figures analysed by Reward suggest it has in fact been short-lived .
12 It was felt at the time that regional disparities would inhibit commitment by member states to such integration .
13 It was built at the time when local builders possessed that magic formula for rightness of scale .
14 It was thought at the time that the talks would result in some extension of the deadline .
15 It was reported at the time that ten or more navvies met their death fighting and falling from scaffolding as this tunnel is unusually high and was built to accommodate double tracks .
16 It was reported at the time that Yorkshire secretary J.H. Nash considered Fiddling inconsistent , although capable of brilliance .
17 It was known at the time that there was going to be opposition to them and it was an absolute recipe for debate after debate , council meeting after council meeting , committee meeting after committee meeting .
18 The many underground railway schemes on which he was engaged at the time of his death had to be completed by others , but the Greathead shield is his lasting memorial .
19 He was employed at the time at Killingworth colliery , in charge of the steam engines used to raise coal and water from the mines .
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