Example sentences of "[verb] of [prep] the time " in BNC.

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1 There could be no answer to that , none that I could think of at the time .
2 No they do n't , but it was the only accent I could think of at the time .
3 The event was not much talked about in the family ; it was too dreadful ; and I do n't suppose for a moment that Aunt Kate , then living abroad , would have wondered whether she , herself , might not have played a part in the sequence of events ; nor do I remember any such theory ever having been put forward or even thought of at the time .
4 Through hard work by the local Historic Scotland works squad , cleaning paths and mopping up residual oil , it proved possible to open the monument for the season on 1 April as planned , with access to the entrances of the prehistoric buildings roped of for the time being .
5 As we have noted , many countries had no press to speak of at the time of independence , and in those that did the press has undergone a considerable amount of change .
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