Example sentences of "[vb past] not at the [noun] [vb base] " in BNC.
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1 | Foaled in 1975 and humbly bred , John Henry changed hands three times before reaching Dot and Sam Rubin 's Dotsam Stables ( Sam Rubin bought the horse unseen over the phone , and did not at the time know that his new purchase was a gelding ) . |
2 | It did not at the time occur to me that their behaviour together had anything to do with what went on between Jean-Claude and me . |
3 | We did not at the time think that we were sacrificing sovereignty to join that system . |
4 | I did not at the time understand how to tie the tension to the size of pattern . |
5 | I did n't at the time know where to , but when I had only about two months to go I too was posted , to Scampton near Lincoln , and who was the first person I saw when I booked into the Waaf Guard Room ? |
6 | At that moment Lesley-Jane saw your face — she told me you ‘ looked over your shoulder at her ’ but I did n't at the time realise that meant you must have been facing away from the stage . |