Example sentences of "[vb past] not at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Varna insisted not at the time .
2 Foaled in 1975 and humbly bred , John Henry changed hands three times before reaching Dot and Sam Rubin 's Dotsam Stables ( Sam Rubin bought the horse unseen over the phone , and did not at the time know that his new purchase was a gelding ) .
3 I did not at the time understand how to tie the tension to the size of pattern .
4 It did not at the time occur to me that their behaviour together had anything to do with what went on between Jean-Claude and me .
5 We did not at the time think that we were sacrificing sovereignty to join that system .
6 The pair basked in a shared arrogance ; arrogance aimed not at the kid in the street but arrogance aimed at Britain 's pop aristocracy .
7 Nine of these students had not at the time of writing completed their course of study .
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