Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kite had a tail of twisted magazine-pages — Guns and Ammo , which I got regularly at the time . |
| 2 | But I am not so sure that I should have recognised what I recognised unconsciously at the time of writing : that I was in a state of helplessness , the helplessness of being a non-person . |
| 3 | I looked forward to the time when I could speak well enough to talk to them . |
| 4 | It was pure good luck that someone dropped out so I could come this weekend — at least , I thought so at the time . ’ |
| 5 | I did not at the time understand how to tie the tension to the size of pattern . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I said so at the time , did n't I , Kathleen ? ’ |
| 9 | I said so at the time , if you remember . |
| 10 | And then we added eight two , which asked the director to explore the long-term viability of the estate , now we made that , and I said so at the time , the answer to that could be either positive or negative . |
| 11 | A disgraceful decision , as I pointed out at the time . ’ |