Example sentences of "very [adj] [noun sg] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , I was a very junior actor at the time . ’ |
| 2 | My boyfriend and I were going through a very rough patch at the time . |
| 3 | He had very long hair at the time and a beard , Lewis remembered , and looked as they all did like some kind of weird prophet . |
| 4 | The pressured atmosphere surrounding the takeover battle may result in the offeror 's shares being valued at a very full price at the time of the offer , but it is a common phenomenon for the share price to fall back after the euphoria has died down . |
| 5 | Erm , was , or so his critics said , that er his theory just would not work and the kind of argument that they produced against him , and poor old Darwin really did n't have an answer to this , and i it seemed a very very severe problem at the time was look , supposing that er I 'm a mutant you might think . |
| 6 | The rubber hot-water bottle was a very modern idea at the time the house was built . |
| 7 | Montgomery ( a very outdated figure at the time of his death in 1976 ) had been Britain 's last military hero , and he seemed as remote as Wellington or Marlborough . |
| 8 | there is an asymmetry between the incumbent and the opposition parties : ‘ the incumbent 's policies and personnel have been put to the test of very recent practice at the time of election , while the oppositions ’ probable performance can be inferred only from its statements of intention and its previous performance in office ’ ( Kramer , 1977b , p. 699 ) . |
| 9 | It was certainly regarded as a very radical measure at the time . |
| 10 | but erm it did n't look a very attractive proposition at the time |
| 11 | That might be pure fiction but nevertheless it was a very amusing story at the time . |