Example sentences of "[vb past] [det] [noun sg] [prep] the time " in BNC.

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1 People who owned such land at the time that pressure for development came upon it — whether industrial or residential ; indeed obviously , the two went together — were faced with two choices .
2 But although he was beaten for pace quite a few times , it seemed that alot of the time he was out of position .
3 Such occurrences caused some anxiety at the time , but were accepted by members as part of their responsibility .
4 Those readers who remember the 1951 Festival of Britain in London will no doubt recall the shot tower which attracted much attention at the time .
5 The most important effect of the crash , however , received less attention at the time — a further collapse in profits .
6 What were the central features of this democracy , which aroused such controversy at the time , and still provokes debate today ?
7 I confess that I felt that way at the time : the track was , despite the massive pile-up , clear .
8 Frederica saw this observation at the time as a mark of signal failure of insight .
9 Trodd says that he supported that decision at the time .
10 I had some sympathy at the time , but not anymore .
11 He does not , however , make the powerful point which had some currency at the time , that even were there universally accepted beliefs which were innate , this would not make them true , and so something we knew .
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