Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] at the time " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Annely Juda said at the time that she would have to be carried out of the building rather than leave . |
2 | Sherlock wrote at the time of the calling of the Convention , " there are no Contentions so fierce as those about Religion … |
3 | Hayling recognized at the time how the project had been damaged . |
4 | Nunn stated at the time that the Defense Department , with its large budget for research and development , would be well suited to respond " to a new and different threat to our national security — the destruction of our environment " . |
5 | As Catherine Lacoste de Prado observed at the time , the Europeans must become far more aggressive in this area . |
6 | But , as Gordon said at the time , ‘ to maintain my challenge for a place on the national side and even to take part meaningfully in the national squad training , it is necessary to train and play club football at the very highest level ’ . |
7 | ’ An absentee also included anyone who was a Palestinian citizen and left his ordinary place of residence in Palestine for a place outside Palestine before 1 September 1948 , or for a place in Palestine held at the time by forces which sought to prevent the establishment of the State of Israel or which fought against it after its establishment . ’ |
8 | On the contrary , as Professor Northcote Parkinson noted at the time , the civil service expanded as never before , locally as well as nationally , and the prominent place of central-government expenditure ( consistently over 40 per cent as a proportion of gross national product in this period ) is an outstanding feature of the period 1951–64 . |
9 | Moore felt at the time that jazz-rock offered a more obvious challenge to his talents , and the Colosseum line up , apart from Neil and Gary , included Don Airey on keys and Jon Hiseman on drums . |
10 | All the accommodation in this leaflet is WTB verified at the time of going to press ( January 1990 ) . |
11 | Eion Young wrote at the time that Lauda had become human , and thus vulnerable , that victory was no longer his consuming goal , and he is right : one comes out of an inferno , as Niki had , with a renewed appreciation of the value of life . |
12 | A VIDEO of the robbery showed the thief with a plaster cast on his hand — exactly like the one Nick Moore had at the time . |
13 | When the last client had gone Sophie looked at the time . |
14 | Quite simply , not only do we and they not share common objectives , but we do not even make similar appraisals of world events , as the President of France demonstrated at the time of the coup in Moscow , when he seemed willing to negotiate with the coup 's leaders . |
15 | In fact , as the THES noted at the time , the dispute leading to this crisis had been simmering in relative privacy for some time . |
16 | Michel Laclotte came at the time he was working on the Musée D'Orsay . |
17 | I said , I do n't suppose Steve knew at the time . |
18 | Scott and James McCalman said at the time that it was a stone used for making charcoal after the following fashion . |
19 | Hunt had the greatest respect for his capacity as a driver ; on the other hand , as Hunt said at the time , the difference between Niki 's Ferrari and the McLaren was really negligible . |
20 | Moreover , as Dr Matt McGue of the University of Minnesota commented at the time , |
21 | But Mr Sharp predicted at the time that there would be continued violence before that brought results and is on record as believing an extra 700 officers were needed . |
22 | Motor cycling was also popular at Brooklands and the great John Cobb was synonymous with the circuit and his lap record of 230.80 kph ( 143.44 mph ) in a 24-litre Napier-Railton stood at the time of the circuit 's closure . |
23 | Anton looked at the time . |
24 | Crawford said at the time that he identified with his character because he felt that the enthusiasm and initiative of youth was often undervalued by the older generation . |
25 | ‘ I have to move furniture to lines , ’ Crawford said at the time . |
26 | Damon said at the time : ‘ I do n't have any ambitions to follow my father into Grand Prix racing . |
27 | And as Willy said at the time he says Well it 's alright you saying that but there 's no doubt why we got the job . |
28 | As Niki said at the time , his Number One position ( an unofficial title , though Prost had made it clear to me , as to others , that he considered his first season at McLaren to be very much a learning process ) was under threat , and that was not a situation Niki appreciated . |
29 | KENNETH CLARK SAID at the time of World War Two , ‘ The average artist will want to go to the Front not simply out of curiosity or bravado , but because he may there discover some of that emotional stimulus on a grand scale which is inevitably lacking from his everyday life . ’ |
30 | KENNETH CLARK SAID at the time of World War Two , ‘ The average artist will want to go to the Front not simply out of curiosity or bravado , but because he may there discover some of that emotional stimulus on a grand scale which is inevitably lacking from his everyday life . ’ |