Example sentences of "and at the time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I trained under Nurse Gatenby and at the time we were known as the Gatenby girls . |
| 2 | It was almost a year before it was strictly necessary and at the time there were voices advising delay . |
| 3 | An order is not to be made under the section if the company entered into the transaction in good faith and for the purpose of carrying on its business and at the time there were reasonable grounds for believing the transaction would benefit the company : subsection ( 5 ) . |
| 4 | He was not only a fine footballer , he was also a gentleman to the Nth degree , and he told the story , I remember , he started his erm , professional football career in this country , with Barnsley , and he was transferred from Barnsley to Aston Villa , and at the time there was some haggling over the fee , and er , he was taken by the chairman of Barnsley , to meet the chairman of Aston Villa in the chairman 's Rolls Royce . |
| 5 | He was from London and at the time he left claimed that his wife was homesick . |
| 6 | It was built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1841 and at the time it was acclaimed as an engineering masterpiece . |
| 7 | The forces of federation and supranationalism were in disarray , and at the time it seemed natural to conclude that the whole momentum of European integration was lurching to a halt , in particular because the EDC debacle had opened up a rift between France and West Germany . |
| 8 | Hitler was breaking out and at the time his bombers , summoned up by Franco , were in the process of wiping out the Basques ' spiritual and cultural home of Guernica . |
| 9 | And at the time I was desperately shocked by it , as you always are by bad notices — you always remember the bad ones and never the good . |
| 10 | ‘ They turned Reading round after that debacle in '88 , and at the time I was very surprised that Vince did n't accept the new contract because it 's become such a prestigious event . |
| 11 | She believed in fat babies and at the time I was born , during the war , little was known about nutrition or cholesterol , nor that heart attacks were preventable . |
| 12 | There was a ‘ For Sale ’ sign outside , and at the time I was beginning to contemplate leaving Baldersdale — half of me wanted a more suitable place and the other half was telling me to stop at Low Birk Hatt . |
| 13 | Cos it was the only , it was either here or the Balloon Woods , cos I was er I was given an emergency placing , it was either here or Balloon Woods , and at the time I did n't fancy Balloon Woods , but I wish I 'd taken it now , I 'd be , I 'd have my own place by |
| 14 | ‘ No , you said I 'd handle them and at the time I agreed but now I 've changed my mind , ’ Ruth told him firmly . |