Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not seeing the significance at the time of the two articles , or of the prong ( pitchfork ) and shovel that followed them , the two boys finished their frugal breakfast and set out upon their chores . |
| 2 | Mrs de Crespigny ( ‘ Nora Champion de Crespigny is my full name ’ ) wrote to the effect that she had been passing the lounge at the time , and was a witness , if not to the actual assault , then to Mrs Wilikins 's evident distress . |
| 3 | Between Sutton and Wallington , the route now proposed was to avoid the centre of Carshalton , by following new roads to the south , some of which were not yet constructed ; although this routing was opposed by some frontagers in Sutton , the company was assured the co-operation of the Carshalton Park Estate Company , who were developing the area at the time . |
| 4 | ( 3 ) A notice under this subsection shall give such information identifying or assisting in the identification of the person who committed the act or default or gave the information as is in the possession of the person serving the notice at the time he serves it . |
| 5 | Although supporting the Act at the time of its enactment , the Labour Party 's education spokesman , Neil Kinnock , highlighted lack of resources as likely to be the major impediment to the legislation 's success . |
| 6 | The Shurmur family kept the mill up to 1800 , when a descendant of Thomas Shurmur , who was running the mill at the time , was declared bankrupt . |
| 7 | If the mother is suffering from untreated gonorrhoea involving the cervix at the time of birth , then the baby will come into contact with secretions containing gonococci in its passage through the birth canal . |
| 8 | The police officer had him handcuffed to him and so was unable to make a contemporaneous note of the conversation until he reached the police station ( though he did not record the reason for not making the note at the time , nor the time when the note was made ) . |
| 9 | Jack Cunningham , MP , who was touring the site at the time , was not told of the incident . |
| 10 | Primarily a religious holiday , it has also been for hundreds of years a secular holiday , often with a travelling showmen 's fair visiting the village at the time . |