Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The survey by the National Consumer Council among almost 1,000 consumers found widespread dissatisfaction with the time it took the ombudsmen to settle disputes . |
| 2 | These issues caused great controversy at the time of the takeover battle . |
| 3 | It all made good sense at the time , but it has turned the middle-classes into sitting ducks , waiting to be plucked by Mr Smith . |
| 4 | Curiosity may have been aroused by their performances but , according to Watman , ‘ they enjoyed incredible popularity at the time and there was never any suggestion of race as a factor ’ ( personal communication , 1981 ) . |
| 5 | It escaped general attention at the time , but Joseph Guglielmi , Taligent 's chairman and chief executive says that one of his first moves on joining the company was to create three quite separate divisions . |
| 6 | It escaped general attention at the time , but Joseph Guglielmi , Taligent 's chairman and chief executive says that one of his first moves on joining the company was to create three quite separate divisions . |
| 7 | It escaped general attention at the time , but Joseph Guglielmi , Taligent 's chairman and chief executive says that one of his first moves on joining the company was to create three quite separate divisions . |
| 8 | Some of the fossils uncovered proved to be previously unknown and this aroused great interest at the time of the publication of Darwin 's ‘ Origin of Species ’ . |
| 9 | I had shortish hair at the time . |
| 10 | Seven patients also had jaundice ( mean bilirubin values 46 ( 20–142 ) mg/l ) and three had overt cholangitis at the time of stent placement . |
| 11 | Twenty two had active colitis at the time serum was obtained . |