Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alan Clements , Trafalgar 's chairman , persistently repeated the company 's view that the accounts ‘ were right at the time they were published' , a view supported by David Jenkins , Touche 's partner in charge of the audit . |
| 2 | A lrge percentage of the parachutes used by British airborne servicemen were inside at the time and destroyed at a cost of more than nineteen million pounds . |
| 3 | In all it received three performances , though because father and son were together at the time their own account of its success was not preserved . |
| 4 | If you find it hard to stick to a diet , try keeping a diary for a week where you record what you 've eaten and when , how hungry you were and what sort of mood you were in at the time . |
| 5 | The declaration stated that , whereas heretofore , to wit , etc. , in consideration that the plaintiff , at the request of the defendant , had then consented to allow the defendant to weigh divers , to wit two , boilers of the plaintiff , of great value , etc. , defendant promised that he would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected , leave and give up the boilers in as perfect and complete a condition , and as fit for use by plaintiff , as the same were in at the time of the consent so given by plaintiff ; and that , although in pursuance of the consent so given , defendant to wit , on , etc. , did weigh the same boilers , yet defendant did not nor would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected leave and give up boilers in as perfect , etc. , but wholly neglected and refused so to do , although a reasonable time for that purpose had elapsed before the commencement of this suit ; and , on the contrary thereof , defendant afterwards , to wit on , etc. , took the said boilers to pieces and did not put the same together again but left the same in a detached and divided condition , and in many different pieces , whereby plaintiff hath been put to great trouble , etc . |
| 6 | This is so irrespective of whose possession the goods were in at the time . |
| 7 | Both Mike and I were away at the time . |
| 8 | Keith and John were over by the time Paul met John . |
| 9 | As far as I know , the all the people who voted er for the amendment , will continue to do so and a great many of of those who voted against it and were quite unaw were not at the time a fully aware of what is proposed , er may well change their mind . |
| 10 | I thought they , they were out by the time this book was published that er Maggie Thatcher was out , was , I mean this |
| 11 | He was smitten not especially by Sandra 's looks , but by her whole demeanour , and those who were around at the time must have thought he had understated his feelings when he said later , ‘ It was a no-big-deal act for me . |
| 12 | But any flowers there might have been in the garden would probably have been eaten by the resident goats , rabbits and God-knows-whatever-else were around at the time , for the kind-hearted Edwardses never turned any sick or homeless creature away . |
| 13 | ‘ We have a number of differing accounts from the people who were there at the time . |
| 14 | In addition to fully appreciating the significance and context of much of the material they wanted to use , pupils also intended to create new material themselves by acting roles as if they were there at the time . |
| 15 | The Society has displayed confidence in the contributors by printing their nostalgic talk verbatim and the result is a fascinating account of the town in the earlier part of this century , through the voices of the men and women who were there at the time . |
| 16 | There is no reason to believe any of the raiders were aboard at the time , although two rumours have persisted through the years . |
| 17 | I was n't going for his agreement or anyone else 's agreement — I was going for what I felt was right at the time , and as he 'd set me up as this person in his life , I advised him not to do it . |
| 18 | We may agree with Cole 's conclusion that the resolution of the debate in favour of Consumers ' control was right at the time , but on ground of practical necessity . |
| 19 | Sometimes there would be an extra pause that was n't scripted , but which he felt was right at the time . |
| 20 | However , I can debate with anyone and at any stage that Gibson was right at the time for the Dams . |
| 21 | Sometimes when they were in a needy mood , which was most of the time , David would be out in the lobby at Advision Studios where we were recording , and they would be cuddling and cooing and wooing — it was disgusting . |
| 22 | When nobody from the long list of eminent organizations which had registered their opposition could be present , however ( which was most of the time ) , the burden of maintaining a presence and regular cross-examining was left to a few stalwarts . |
| 23 | Every time she missed the ball — which was most of the time — she became more angry . |
| 24 | Well not so much cheaper cos I was most of the time I was doing it for nothing anyway . |
| 25 | Like other people , Richard Pearson recalled the attraction that simple , conventional family life held for Ken — the bachelor who was so very confirmed in his status was most of the time frightened of anything else . |
| 26 | I 'd taken a box of medication I was on at the time — drops I needed for my eyes , my asthma inhalant and things like that . |
| 27 | I was on at the time , I had my period . |
| 28 | I have a suspicion that somehow the heating was on by the time they reached their new destination . |
| 29 | We held a referendum on Britain 's membership of the Community in order to extract the Labour party from the difficulty that it was in at the time . |
| 30 | ‘ The state I was in at the time I 'd have wanted to murder him myself . |