Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Everyone was looking for reasons why he left us and no-one appreciated at the time that his health was suffering . |
2 | One day I had to go to the clinic and I lied about the time of the appointment so I could skip a suit inspection , so I had an hour to waste . |
3 | and I thought at the time it 's , it 's quite good enough just to have the idea and talk about the idea , make some drawings and |
4 | And I thought at the time , oh I 'd not done anything about it , |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Well as I say I went out and erm I thought , well Jill phoned and she said at the time my mum had got a boy that was sleeping rough down the sandpits . |
7 | Michael 's idol was Buster Keaton , and he had at the time studied Keaton more than I had , and said that he had never used a double . |
8 | Although urged by his party to remain , he thought , like a decent democrat , that it was time for someone else to have a go , and he retired at the time of the 1987 General Election . |
9 | He was , and he remained for the time being , a figure of comic relief . |
10 | Still no acknowledgement was made and it grew near the time when Gigia would be setting out on her journey . |