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

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1 I found it unbelievable at that time that boys would genuinely want to ask me out and found me attractive .
2 ‘ The beauty and interesting nature of this little bird ’ , Gould wrote , ‘ naturally made me anxious to bring home living examples ; I accordingly captured about twenty fully fledged birds , and kept them alive for some time ; but the difficulties necessarily attendant upon travelling in a new country rendering it impracticable to afford them the attention they required , I regret to say the whole were lost . ’
3 He saw nothing unusual at that time . ’
4 Her temper made it inadvisable at other times .
5 But the complication involved in writing the program and allowing for the high number of physical variables made it impracticable at that time .
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