Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is possible that both views were influenced by hindsight and that matters seemed less clear-cut at the time . |
| 2 | But it is possible that both views were influenced by hindsight and that matters seemed less clear-cut at the time . |
| 3 | The observation that there was spontaneous electrical activity at the surface of the cortex seemed relatively insignificant at the time , but it was the discovery of the electro-encephalogram . |
| 4 | He seemed pretty confident about the time . " |
| 5 | I did and I passed the exam ( which seemed very important at the time , although now I am not so sure ) . |
| 6 | But then , in the early '70s , Bristol was very raffish : the port connection made it a terribly druggy city , which to a student seemed very exciting at the time . ’ |
| 7 | Defeat left Everton with a far from comfortable eight point cushion above the relegation zone and Kendall said : ‘ We defended well most of the time but let ourselves down in injury time . |
| 8 | This was obviously not a state of affairs which could continue indefinitely and , although I knew as much at the time , I could n't will myself into sleep . |
| 9 | Perhaps what we read as brute coincidence , silky irony , or brave , far-sighted modernism , looked quite different at the time . |
| 10 | The hole cards for what proved to be a $2 million pot looked pretty small at the time : for Dastmalchi , for Jacobs . |
| 11 | I should add here that even as a junior at Halton I was in the senior cross-country team — which only people in their very last year were normally eligible to join and at this stage I was in my first year of three , I was allowed to go out on any occasion , in running gear , to train as I was a bona fide member of the team and so on one of these occasions when I was out training — I always wore a sort of towel around my neck which looked very professional at the time and quite unnecessary — I managed to conceal the altimeter , which had become very very hot property by this time because it was known that several instruments were missing and we could have a visit from the gendarme . |
| 12 | War , whether against domestic rebels or external threats , meant armed forces and armaments , and the financing of these prodigious costs meant that much of the time and energy of the Monarch 's developing bureaucracies were devoted to raising funds for this purpose , securing access to the surplus generated within society . |
| 13 | Since he had no typist or secretary in the country , this meant that much of the time which he wished to devote to his own work had to be spent on business correspondence . |
| 14 | ‘ It was like a comedy , ’ says Banderas , who spoke only Spanish at the time . |
| 15 | Human-rights groups said as much at the time , but General Benny Murdani , then head of the armed forces , claimed that the killings were the result of gang feuds . |
| 16 | Motor traders reported a small fall in sales in the year to May following five months of growth , but business remained below normal for the time of year . |
| 17 | Reputed to be a conservative and an advocate of a narrow interpretation of the Constitution , Souter 's recent appointment as an Appeals Court judge , together with a sparse record of published opinion , meant that his views on contentious contemporary issues remained largely unknown at the time of his nomination . |