Example sentences of "[verb] it at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | The challenge which Gandhi posed to the British , as they perceived it at the time , was not to their consciences but to their authority . |
| 32 | It is of little use to remember the answer to an examination question as you leave the room , or to say later with head in hands , " But I knew it so well " , surprised at your ability to remember it now but your inability to recall it at the time when you most needed it . |
| 33 | ‘ I myself was much too young to question it at the time , but I found out later that there was a good deal of mystery surrounding his death . ’ |
| 34 | The organisation of the celebrations on such a large scale was a major success for Pateman and although he could not have known it at the time he was in the final few months of his long and difficult years of service to the District and the WEA . |
| 35 | He did not know what to do with it , Hailsham being far too busy to read it at the time . |
| 36 | No cos I did n't have it at the time when I did that . |
| 37 | She went rapidly through the story , and remembered that she 'd read it at the time . |
| 38 | She gave the young MacGregor a book on Parliament but he did not read it at the time , and he can not trace his decision to go into politics back to that . |
| 39 | Those who saw it at the time have never been able to erase the startling impact that it made when it was given its short-lived British premiere at Sadler 's Wells in 1965 . |
| 40 | I was acting out the role of the good , courageous patient as I saw it at the time , while Mr Lennox was no doubt pleased to find me co-operative , free from despair and above all , unemotional . |
| 41 | " Creed " was , indeed to some extent how the convert himself saw it at the time : witness the acknowledgement in letters of 1866 and 1867 , that such philosophical tenets are not philosophically demonstrable , but are acceptable as art or for their edifying power or simply as faith . |
| 42 | It would have been foolhardy to risk weakening it at a time when the Cold War was about to turn hot in Korea . |
| 43 | That 's why I wrote to you about Herr Sussmeyer and enclosed the pubic hair , though I did n't realise it at the time . |
| 44 | It is naturally important to them that their children and grandchildren should know what life was like when they were young , and although younger people may not realise it at the time , a knowledge of their own family history and the characters that made it can be valuable to them , too , if they are to understand themselves and their own lives . |
| 45 | Julie , 24 yesterday , said : ‘ I always loved him , I just did n't realise it at the time . ’ |
| 46 | Though he did n't realise it at the time , cricket was his life and consuming interest . |
| 47 | Many of the delegates were later to become officers , and although Eva did not realise it at the time people in high places were again taking note of her presence . |
| 48 | I understood it at the time . |
| 49 | ‘ My grandfather had signed his own death warrant , though only my mother knew it at the time . ’ |
| 50 | ‘ Yes , not that I knew it at the time , of course , else I 'd never have gone . ’ |
| 51 | Although she had not realised it at the time , looking back she could see that her life at Mrs White 's had been quite lonely . |
| 52 | In retrospect I can see that this implication can be drawn from the envelope , and I only wish I had realised it at the time . |
| 53 | Far from reducing taxation , as we had been elected to do , we would have to raise it — and raise it at a time when local councils were already pushing up rates . |
| 54 | One of Leonard 's few memories of his father ( in addition to his monocle , his spats and his hair smelling of Vitalis ) is that of his reading , both privately and aloud , to him and his sister — precious moments that fired the young boy 's imagination and set him , although no one realised it at the time , in the direction of his life 's work . |
| 55 | IBM Corp started relaxing its strict accounting practices way back in 1984 , just as the company 's core mainframe business began to lose its impetus , although no-one realised it at the time . |
| 56 | The Aztecs were using it at the time of the Spanish Conquest in the form of mosaic applied to wooden masks of their gods , combined with shell inlays for eyes and teeth ( Plate E ) . |
| 57 | Everything that happens to you has been chosen by your spirit so there must be a reason , even If you are unable to see it at the time . |
| 58 | A new Hollywood was being born , but no one realized it at the time . |
| 59 | Part of the answer must be that the element of risk in a PRP scheme reduces its attractiveness to employees , hence the advantages of introducing it at a time when the alternative ( no pay rise ) is even worse . |
| 60 | I liked it at the time , yes . |