Example sentences of "i [was/were] [verb] at [art] time " in BNC.
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1 | We were I was I was patrolling at the time , with me partner . |
2 | I was drunk at the time , if you must know . |
3 | I 'm sorry , I think I 've forgotten what I was thinking at the time , erm |
4 | Only I was passing at the time . |
5 | Later that evening , going on my farewell walk round Cuzco , I fought to be positive , talking to myself like a character in a novel I was reading at the time , David Copperfield 's aunt . |
6 | No , I do n't know what it , he did n't bang on the doors , I was hoovering at the time Is that nice ? |
7 | Imagination from other viewpoints depends on my having already perceived something analogous from the then present and my own , and is undernourished if I was distracted at the time by consideration of the future or of others . |
8 | I was told at the time that this system had been adopted because it was impossible to fit a mechanical servo as fitted to the Series III without major surgery , |
9 | The crimps were of course very active and I was told at the time that they would be paid as much as two pounds for every man whom they recruited . |
10 | ‘ Now I sing it and listen to the words again and appreciate more than ever what I was feeling at the time , ’ he told friends . |