Example sentences of "[pers pn] at the time [conj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His friends and colleagues were trying to persuade him at the time that this would not be wise — what on earth would happen to the British election campaign if the country had to go to war in the Gulf half-way through ? |
| 2 | It had seemed to her at the time that this was all she was to be allowed of Ace , and so it became the most precious thing in her life . |
| 3 | No-one usin' it at the time so that was lucky too . ’ |
| 4 | It seemed to me at the time that this fact did not square with claims that the Bible was inerrant . |
| 5 | And that meant a lot to me at the time because all the paintings I was doing were subjects from my childhood years . |