Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 'd better drop me at the hospital . ’ |
| 2 | Many of the delegates were later to become officers , and although Eva did not realise it at the time people in high places were again taking note of her presence . |
| 3 | But the significance of this did not strike him at the moment . |
| 4 | This , of course , did not affect me at the time ! |
| 5 | She gave the young MacGregor a book on Parliament but he did not read it at the time , and he can not trace his decision to go into politics back to that . |
| 6 | In fact the Germans were firing into the air , although we did not realize it at the time , so there were no casualties . |
| 7 | So I read it and I gave a similar look back and I think I probably said something like that did n't happen or something along those lines , that 's hard to believe that had happened and passed it back to him and then that was it , we did not discuss it at the time … |
| 8 | ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East . |
| 9 | Although we did not know it at the time , the next census figures were to show an over-all drop of more than 11% . |
| 10 | Corman , a young independent producer born of the post-Superior Court ruling when studios were cutting back on their own B-movie productions , did not know it at the time , nor did anyone else , but he was about to make a significant contribution to what later became known as the ‘ new Hollywood ’ through the personalities he gave work to on low budget films , either acting , writing , directing or all three . |
| 11 | Although he did not know it at the time , Hess 's work was to initiate a revolution in geological and geophysical thinking , and ultimately it became the foundation of a major new theory about how continents and oceans are related , and what part volcanoes play in the evolution of the Earth . |
| 12 | I did not know it at the time , but Helmut knew that Jean-Claude was still seeing Otto . |
| 13 | This was to be a momentous decision although he did not know it at the time . |
| 14 | We did n't watch it at the cinema . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd prefer it if you did n't tell anyone at the circuit how we come to know each other , ’ Simon said , his grey eyes trained on the road ahead . |
| 16 | That 's why I wrote to you about Herr Sussmeyer and enclosed the pubic hair , though I did n't realise it at the time . |
| 17 | Julie , 24 yesterday , said : ‘ I always loved him , I just did n't realise it at the time . ’ |
| 18 | Though he did n't realise it at the time , cricket was his life and consuming interest . |
| 19 | The Brigadier said , ‘ You 're sure they did n't spot you at the hotel ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't feel anything at the time , ’ he continued . |
| 21 | He he did n't make one at the same time as , you know , to actually show the folds and that |
| 22 | Onassis invited me — I did n't know him at the time but later we became great friends — and we talked . |
| 23 | I did n't know it at the time , but he had come to prepare us for the move to England . |
| 24 | Though I did n't know it at the time , Lebanon was suffering only the hors d'oeuvre of the devil 's dinner . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , I did n't know it at the time , but the telegraphist on the next set to mine-Lofty , he 's called — was on my wavelength too . |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't know it at the time . |
| 27 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 28 | Of course I did n't know it at the time , but by then my mother and father 's marriage was showing cracks . |
| 29 | His speed was such he did n't approach it at a speed where he could erm er l lay off and er let something happen . |
| 30 | I did n't realize it at the time but I think it wants |