Example sentences of "[conj] at the time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although at the time they were made up of an apparently infinite chain of familiar days , I can think of them now only as a whole . |
| 2 | particularly erm , and one of things that I did find in Gaugin 's painting of Von Gogh was that erm , er , erm , depression really , I , I could see it there and the des desolation very much as if he was looking in on somebody who was in that position er , although at the time I do n't thing Gaugin and , er Von Gogh himself knew it |
| 3 | Although at the time he was ‘ not a great fan of industrial specialism' , his views have changed . |
| 4 | " Able-Oboe-Charlie " was the aircrew phonetics used by the early Pathfinders to identify their Commandant , although at the time he was officially a Commander of the Pathfinder Force , with the acting rank of group captain under the control of No 3 Group for day-to-day administration . |
| 5 | Although at the time it was seen as no more than the correction of an anomaly , only at the Labour Party 's annual conference in 1979 was the formal position of the Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party brought into line with the de facto position by his being accorded the title of ‘ Leader of the Labour Party ’ . |
| 6 | So George , a carpenter , bought his primary school teacher wife her first ewes , although at the time she admitted ‘ not knowing one end of a sheep from the other . ’ |
| 7 | Some officers can now see that at the time they were " typical colonialists " who failed to read the signs of the tinies or entrust positions of authority more readily to African leadership . |
| 8 | With hindsight , it is clear that at the time we did not fully grasp the real significance of the workers ' position . |
| 9 | and we have yet to be contacted erm despite th the fact that at the time we had our last meeting the thing was supposed to be in the post . |
| 10 | by the marriage of the testator , unless it appears from the will that at the time it was made the testator was expecting to be married to a particular person , and that he intended that the will ( or a particular disposition in the will ) should not be revoked by that marriage , and that marriage takes place . |
| 11 | It 's just that at the time it all seemed so beautiful and important , it was like some kind of historical event . |
| 12 | Now , the fact of a past service raises an implication that at the time it was rendered it was to be paid for , and , if it was a service which was to be paid for , when you get in the subsequent document a promise to pay , that promise may be treated either as an admission which evidences or as a positive bargain which fixes the amount of that reasonable remuneration on the faith of which the service was originally rendered . |
| 13 | I was so surprised that at the time I uttered no word . |
| 14 | Whether or not those complaints were justified is another matter ; enough that at the time I felt they were . |
| 15 | And he revealed : ‘ A deal was agreed with Frank Williams before that race in front of a witness and I have to say that at the time I felt very , good about racing again with Williams in 1993 . |
| 16 | A line constructed through the centres of the two circles cuts the left hand circle at Bishops Cannings and I must admit that at the time I did the preparation for the article thought little more about this point . |
| 17 | I burst out laughing because all the costermongers in the Whitechapel Road always did whenever they heard that word , although I admit that at the time I did n't have a clue what a virgin was . |
| 18 | They built a separate development area , and Wilkinson reports that at the time he was writing his book three major new projects were being developed within it , but as none had reached completion there is no data about the effects of this new pattern of introducing new technology in that company . |
| 19 | It is a defence for a person charged with ‘ Being in Charge ’ to prove that at the time he is alleged to have committed the offence the circumstances were such that there was no likelihood of his driving the vehicle whilst the proportion of alcohol in his breath , blood or urine remained likely to exceed the prescribed limit ; but in determining whether there was such a likelihood the court may disregard any injury to him and any damage to the vehicle . |
| 20 | Much of what he says about his money troubles and his illness is consistent with the evidence of extant records which show his salary was often in arrears , and that at the time he says he was ill his salary was being collected for him , indicating his absence from work . |
| 21 | Kidd reflects that at the time he was not given the unqualified support by other members of P-E who felt that the search approach was still inappropriate for a consulting firm with resident consultants on client premises and that it could injure the firm 's consulting practice . |
| 22 | He stated that at the time he left , 1859/60 , the holdings were made into one large holding . |
| 23 | The memoirs were written in a very anti-communist phase of his life , and we know that at the time he received indirect assurances from the head of the Communist Party , Maurice Thorez , that no insurrection was being planned . |
| 24 | The court was told that at the time he thought he had AIDS . |
| 25 | It was no secret that at the time you were looking for John Alaysi perhaps to replace Bootsen next season . |
| 26 | Ruth was tempted to tell her that at the time she had not had the vicar in mind , but since Mrs Peterson had not come to bring her any comfort , she simply turned her face to the wall . |
| 27 | ‘ You do n't mind that I 'm an atheist ? ’ he 'd said with a frankness that at the time she 'd admired . |
| 28 | ‘ The general expectation in the MoD at that time was that you would get another round of discussions with Argentina at a political level , and that the real difficulties were more likely to occur in the summer than at the time they did . ’ |
| 29 | I trained under Nurse Gatenby and at the time we were known as the Gatenby girls . |
| 30 | He was from London and at the time he left claimed that his wife was homesick . |