Example sentences of "think at the time [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was thought at the time that the talks would result in some extension of the deadline . |
| 2 | Kopp testified that she had thought at the time that the information was based on " rumours from banking circles " . |
| 3 | ‘ I thought at the time that leaving John Mayall 's Bluesbreakers was a bit speculative , even though Peter , Mick ( Fleetwood ) and myself had already cut a couple of tracks within the Bluesbreakers band format , one of which was called Fleetwood Mac . |
| 4 | Certainly I thought at the time that Hunt would end up sponsored by Marlboro and driving a McLaren . |
| 5 | I realize now that I should have fired him right then but I thought at the time that when we got him on the set he would be OK . |
| 6 | I must say I thought at the time that it was a pretty rough night to choose for a sentimental journey … |
| 7 | I thought at the time that her absent luncheon companion must have been a boorish character , and even the greatest friends of Randolph Churchill would find difficulty in defending him from this charge . |
| 8 | A defendant may state that he honestly thought at the time that the girl was above 16 and that he never thought to enquire , or that the girl was dressed up and wearing make-up . |
| 9 | ‘ I — er — did n't think at the time that you 'd be that interested in — ’ |
| 10 | Although I did the lights for Hamlet at school , I never understood the play , thinking at the time that it was much ado about very little . |
| 11 | I remember thinking at the time that someone had got their priorities wrong . |
| 12 | The entrance was on the second deck , a large double door now wide open that Delaney remembered from before , thinking at the time that it led to a storage area . |
| 13 | It was true that there were usually two of them together and he remembered thinking at the time that the other one was probably in a shop begging . |
| 14 | They stayed in the bedroom for half an hour or so , talking , looking at the things , talking : and Clara remembered thinking at the time that it was just such a honeysuckle-filtered , sunny conversational afternoon that would in years to come , whatever those years might bring , cause her the most sad and exquisite nostalgia . |
| 15 | I remember thinking at the time that the two men were father-figures in more than one sense , and that it might as well have been Father Eliot as Father D'Arcy . |
| 16 | I also remember thinking at the time that dressing like a white man and taking a white man 's name was n't ever going to hide the Apache in him . |