Example sentences of "[adj] thing at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reference to a proposed parachute operation is strange , because there is no evidence that Stirling was planning any such thing at the time , yet the correspondence is dated 30 and 31 December 1941 , when Stirling was in the desert . |
| 2 | Was that considered a hard thing at the time ? |
| 3 | But I did n't like working at Johnny Walkers so I think it was quite a good thing at the time , although I did n't really like it I 'm glad now that it happened cos I 'd probably still be working in there . |
| 4 | People were on the streets being senselessly violent to the police , which I thought was a good thing at the time . |
| 5 | I learnt with someone else , did two years and then er that was an accident if you like that I got involved cos somebody wanted me to be involved and and it seemed the right thing at the time . |
| 6 | And they , er when they did it , they knocked it all down , and that was really wrong and unnecessary , and though I think some of the flintstone was used , a lot of the flintstone went back in the builder 's yard , and it was a criminal thing at the time . |