Example sentences of "[adv] [num] at the time " in BNC.
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1 | Only eight at the time of his brother 's accession in 1461 , he spent the early years of Edward IV 's reign in relative obscurity , overshadowed by his elder brother George duke of Clarence . |
2 | Only eight at the time of his brother 's accession in 1461 , he spent the early years of Edward IV 's reign in relative obscurity , overshadowed by his elder brother George duke of Clarence . |
3 | His mother 's death was the first he had been intimately concerned with — his father 's hardly counted , because Peter had been only thirteen at the time . |
4 | ‘ It used to get me so angry and I really wanted to protect my mother and help her , but I was only six at the time and there was nothing I could do . |
5 | The second I saw was an Alan Ayckbourn , considering that I was only six at the time and I did n't understand some of it I still was enthralled with the acting and enjoyed it almost as equally enough as the panto . |
6 | As I was only three at the time , I lacked confidence in my ability to make it back to dry land under my own steam . ’ |
7 | Being only three at the time , I ca n't remember much about it . |
8 | As a bright and promising student of Armchair Theatre Sydney Newman felt Verity Lambert was right for the Producer 's post , in spite of her distinct lack of years , being only twenty-seven at the time of her appointment . |
9 | She was only forty-six at the time , but sheer hardship and constant exposure to the worst elements the high Pennines could mete out had drained her youth away . |
10 | Johnny Cooper was the ‘ baby ’ of the unit and was only 18 at the time . |
11 | ‘ And you were only 18 at the time as opposed to being a grown man . ’ |
12 | ‘ And you were only 18 at the time as opposed to being a grown man . ’ |
13 | Way back in the 1960s , when the tricolour flew in Divis St , I was only sixteen at the time . |
14 | Maidstone is one of a number of designated prisons able to take ‘ lifers ’ and it can provide up to 100 places for them , although there were only 80 at the time of my visit . |
15 | His son , with a face blemished by a large red birthmark which led to his being known as James of the Fiery Face , was only 6 at the time of the assassination . |
16 | And she was only nine at the time ! |
17 | ‘ I was all set to do a solo record for Shrapnel , but a couple of months before I was due to do it , Mike Varney introduced me to Jason , who was only 16 at the time . |
18 | Even as this story is being written , in the 1980s , one man can still remember that far-off funeral of 1905 , though he was only five at the time : |
19 | Although only fifteen at the time of his father 's death he soon showed himself to be a cunning and unscrupulous politician . |
20 | The discharging officer called Gary — just nineteen at the time — ‘ the most evil man he had ever met ’ . |
21 | He made just 20 League appearances for Orient but had already done enough to convince Wednesday to splash out £350,000 for his services last November , quite a sum for a player who was just 17 at the time . |
22 | She had been just fifteen at the time , and had agreed with him heartily . |
23 | Cliff , who was just twelve at the time , remembers it was an exciting journey . |
24 | The plaintiff was just eighteen at the time she was in her A level year at school . |
25 | Children under 12 at the time of departure are covered at 50% of the above stated premiums . |
26 | In contrast three-quarters of those under 40 at the time of interview and three-fifths of the middle-aged ( 40–54 ) were employed after three years . |
27 | The pattern of changes in status over the three years since redundancy was broadly similar for those aged 55–59 , 40–54 , and under 40 at the time of redundancy . |
28 | They are both 19 at the time , and if there 's anything in the world that 's sweeter than being 19 when you 're 37 , it 's being 19 in a street full of whores and dirty bookshops and Chinese restaurants . |
29 | I was about eleven at the time , it must have been just after the war . |
30 | Her mother was only about 21 at the time — she had been married when only 13 . |