Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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1 | It 's not that he did n't say it , but he was somewhere else at the time , and he just heard the bit of it , he heard the back end of it . |
2 | If you had observed my father who arrived in this house a week after you did , you will have seen that his house knowledge is perfect and was so almost from the time he set foot in Darlington Hall . ’ |
3 | In private Michael still had to keep his end up against attacks , that to be religious was to be a fool , though less frequently now because Frank travelled abroad and was away much of the time . |
4 | I know that the hon. Member for Sherwood ( Mr. Stewart ) was not here at the time , and he will not be with us much longer , but many Members who are present tonight were here then . |
5 | If it sounds funny now , it was not so at the time . |
6 | Mark was out there at the time , so we asked him to help us sort it out . |
7 | I mean , would n't know , I would n't know , I was n't here at the time . |
8 | I was n't there at the time and I 'm damned if they 're going to top me for your brothers . |
9 | But I was n't there at the time . |
10 | Although I was n't there at the time , just mention it to those who were and watch their colour change to grey ! |
11 | oh no , it was n't there at the time of the Telegraph article was it ? |
12 | Oh I was n't there at the time was I ? |
13 | The train could n't stop in time and he was n't there by the time we had reversed . |
14 | The train could n't stop in time and he was n't there by the time we had reversed . |
15 | Balding shrugged : ‘ I was actually away at the time , but I suspect the ground was n't what we thought it was . |