Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did a little research at the time of the East German business . |
| 2 | There was a strong sense at the time that the novel needed an agenda . |
| 3 | ‘ I understand … that it was a strong impulse at the time . |
| 4 | As a Lower boy at the time I came before the Lower Master . |
| 5 | It seemed quite a tall order at the time but in practice it worked out well and proved to be a most enjoyable experience as well as one of our more memorable tours of duty . |
| 6 | Addressing questions to a class of primary school children in a rural school at the time of the Passover , I asked them about places in the Bible where there were sheep . |
| 7 | ‘ The Hell Fire Club were something of a social embarrassment at the time . |
| 8 | I was a struggling musician at the time , but my ambitions were to win an Oscar , a Nobel prize and a Grammy . ’ |
| 9 | A popular catch at the time ran : |
| 10 | When he was looking to expand into Scotland , Britain was on the verge of joining the Common Market , a move Conran , a staunch European at the time , embraced with great enthusiasm . |
| 11 | The inspector was standing in a public place at the time , and of course this message came up over the radios of all police officers on the Division … |
| 12 | He is standing in a crowded bar at the time . |
| 13 | He added that a prime suspect in the investigation , who had told police that he had no gun at the time of the murder , is now known to have possessed a double-barrelled shotgun at the time . |
| 14 | James said later : ‘ It was a bit of a drunken laugh at the time but I want to forget it — it was a stupid thing to do . ’ |
| 15 | It was going to take Le Roux time to resolve the legal issues and to raise the £8 million , so to prevent the deal slipping away , he came up with what seemed like a clever wheeze at the time : Norton chairman Jimmy Tildesley would buy FUS personally , and ‘ warehouse ’ the company until Norton had the funds to buy it from him . |
| 16 | Going down with my dad who had been president of the lifeboat here for about fifty years , to meet the lifeboat as come in with survivors , I was just a wee boy at the time but I remember the Icelandic trawler , the Geyser and one of the first to be put ashore off the lifeboat that night , was a wee lassie , and she came across the pier and she came to me , because I was the only kid down there that night . |
| 17 | A violent demonstration at the time drew 20000 participants to the site . |
| 18 | I said , ‘ I suppose you 're right , there never seems a clear-cut choice at the time . |
| 19 | A national newspaper at the time exclaimed : |
| 20 | The new cars cost an average of £12,000 each and involved borrowing £300,000 — a large sum at the time — which with loan charges over fifteen years , amounted to £500,000 . |
| 21 | Then , with a quick glance at the time , she said , ‘ Time to go and have some lunch . |
| 22 | A rapid look at The Times newspaper for this Monday in April might give us just the slightest inkling of the minutiae of English life on a most ordinary of ordinary days : Dickens was completing David Copperfield ; Bass 's India Pale Ale could be had for 33s. per 18-gallon cask ; Hampshire Breakfast Bacon would cost you 7½d. by the half side , while Captain Reid 's ‘ Walls End ’ coal was 19s. a ton . |
| 23 | Was that considered a hard thing at the time ? |
| 24 | For me it was a welcome challenge at the time and , in retrospect , I enjoyed it . |
| 25 | I was only a little girl at the time . |
| 26 | A little fuss at the time can not be avoided , he wrote , that is obvious . |
| 27 | Similarly , it is difficult to accept that hostility towards the Woodvilles from the rest of the political community was a major issue at the time of Edward 's death . |
| 28 | Similarly , it is difficult to accept that hostility towards the Woodvilles from the rest of the political community was a major issue at the time of Edward 's death . |
| 29 | Never mind , it seemed a good story at the time . |
| 30 | Although this seemed a good idea at the time , current strategy at WH Smith is to have full control , as in the buying up of 100 per cent of Molinaire , the TV services company , in July . |