Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 Because they believed and they got me to believe at the time , that nationalization would be the cure for all our ills .
2 ‘ My father , Dewi Morgan taught me shoemaking from the time I was a little girl , ’ she said quickly , almost resentfully , ‘ and I 'm better at the work than many men . ’
3 Whereas in the 6th edition the re-written §246 dismisses the above as ‘ all my experience permitted me to say at the time … and that his research of the previous five years had wholly solved the difficulties of repetition .
4 What sort of estimate did you make of the time of death ? "
5 Did this er , going back to Helliwells again , repairing of the aircraft , did that cease when the war finished or did it continue for a time afterwards ?
6 How long did it take from the time you started what was going to be the quick , silent operation until you finished and got in ?
7 But little did he know at the time , how soon he 'd need it .
8 But little did he know at the time , how soon he 'd need it .
9 Had everyone fooled for a time , but she was wearing a body stocking .
10 And thirdly , and certainly not erm least , we hoped ourselves to benefit at a time when the Government cutbacks were just come into force , which were requiring us to raise erm more income from non-government source .
11 ‘ What I 'd like you to know is that when it was all over and Peter was back from America , the grave-diggers were down here on their bended knees begging him for forgiveness because they knew it was a nasty business and said had they known at the time they 'd have had nothing to do with it . ’
12 They clasped hands and held them clasped for a time .
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