Example sentences of "[vb past] at the time [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believed at the time that I more or less grasped the metaphorical implications of this , but after I had put the phone down I found I was not as clear as I should have hoped to be about exactly what was required of me in concrete practical terms . |
| 2 | We all assumed that because of the , yeah the media pressure , at least talks would start , but I think possibly the management thought that because of this one-sided pressure , you know it seemed at the time that nothing nice was being said about the management , you know you can almost understand them being reluctant to go into a room and offering their side of the argument . |
| 3 | ‘ It seemed at the time that he might not have much need of intimacy . |
| 4 | I assumed at the time that he was crying for the garden and what he 'd done to it . |
| 5 | But Mr Sharp predicted at the time that there would be continued violence before that brought results and is on record as believing an extra 700 officers were needed . |
| 6 | ‘ Everyone was looking for reasons why he left us and no-one appreciated at the time that his health was suffering . |
| 7 | If the Thamesdown one did n't , er , the officers for their own reasons have separated out this particular er , activity , erm , and I felt at the time that it was unreasonable to give a hundred percent funding to er , most C A B's but not to one . |
| 8 | But it 's not part of the the police case here , that they knew at the time that they entered the flat . |
| 9 | ‘ But I knew at the time that I felt I had something to offer and that 's why I wanted to come back and be a manager again . |
| 10 | I thought at the time that her absent luncheon companion must have been a boorish character , and even the greatest friends of Randolph Churchill would find difficulty in defending him from this charge . |
| 11 | I must say I thought at the time that it was a pretty rough night to choose for a sentimental journey … |
| 12 | to be honest because erm it 's and that I wo n't say that there 's a criticism of this particular project which I supported at the time but I think that in future we do need to plan our projects and and there are people in the in the town that are prepared to work , perhaps need a bit of organizing , we need to think about how that might happen , but we must n't first reaction go to professional or semiprofessional help . |
| 13 | Annely Juda said at the time that she would have to be carried out of the building rather than leave . |
| 14 | Crawford said at the time that he identified with his character because he felt that the enthusiasm and initiative of youth was often undervalued by the older generation . |
| 15 | Mr Murphy , who works for the housing department as a caretaker for a group of flats in Coatbridge and is a shop steward for the National Union of Public Employees , said at the time that he could ‘ name names ’ and that elected members had told him that they had been put under pressure when short-leeting jobs . |
| 16 | Mr Murphy , who works for the housing department as a caretaker for a group of flats in Coatbridge and is a shop steward for the National Union of Public Employees , said at the time that he could name names and that elected members had told him they had been put under pressure when short-leeting jobs . |
| 17 | Scott and James McCalman said at the time that it was a stone used for making charcoal after the following fashion . |
| 18 | Police said at the time that it looked like the work of the IRA . |
| 19 | I said at the time that it was rather important from the point of view of the economy that we should not have wage increases which we could not afford . |
| 20 | I wondered at the time because it was professional jealousy after all , I suppose . ’ |