Example sentences of "was [adj] at the time " in BNC.

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1 Sent away to boarding school when she was six ( she rarely sees her family now ) , she got three A- levels at college and shortly after got married : a mistake , she now realises , but she was pregnant at the time .
2 The coroner , Mr Lester Madrell , heard in a statement from Mrs MacIllarry , who was pregnant at the time , that she jumped on Jobson , who then pointed the gun at her , she was absolutely terrified , she grabbed her children , leaving her baby buggy bahind , and ran into the store .
3 Yeah , and we explained and said that I was pregnant at the time and we said about the policeman , oh no trouble !
4 Maxton , in reply , foresaw the formation of a new working-class party , but would not agree that unification was opportune at the time .
5 During the next twenty months Mozart composed a substantial amount of music , including three symphonies and what was to be his last complete mass setting , K.337 ( an incomplete one survives , K.427/417a from 1782 , and the Requiem was unfinished at the time of his death ) .
6 Now it was strange at the time , I only represented the shunters and the guards and the lower grades , I did n't represent the supervisors , yard inspectors at the time .
7 Marek was asleep at the time but as soon as the woman hit the bed Nowak woke up with a scream .
8 But his profession was deficient at the time in that he failed to recognise the necessity of suffering .
9 ‘ You recollect the gossip that was rife at the time — that he had run away to a monastery ? ’
10 On the facts the accused was guilty at the time when the label was swapped , not at the time when he removed the item from the shelf , intending to switch the label .
11 One survivor told me that her apprenticeship lasted about four years and that that was normal at the time ( she started work in 1909 at 15 after an unsuccessful start in dressmaking ) .
12 Very occasionally he also made designs to be carried out by others — and if acting in an architect 's supervisory capacity only he would charge the 5 per cent fee which was normal at the time — while at Ditchley he was , remarkably , employed as both ‘ surveyor ’ , receiving his 5 per cent , and mason contractor .
13 Well because he was half at the time it was just before I left at about nine to come down here you see .
14 There was no apparent reason why the road should not have been used as it was free at the time .
15 Er I was forty at the time so I was five
16 To make our cup full the children and I went down with Asian flu which was prevalent at the time .
17 Agoos was 22 at the time and even scored a hat-trick for the youth team during his brief spell at the Prenton Park club .
18 Agoos was 22 at the time and even scored a hat-trick for the youth team during his spell at Prenton .
19 I was twenty-one at the time and the whole experience gave me a lot of confidence . ’
20 However , said Mr Hardy , the road was wet at the time of the accident and the officer 's report said the speed involved was probably ‘ only marginally excessive ’ .
21 One can of course see Colonel Airey 's point , although the fact remains that his Commando was unemployed at the time and Stirling was about to be required to undertake an important series of raids .
22 The driver , Christopher Hart , who 's thirty-nine and was unemployed at the time , was seen to slow down and then accelerate off , leaving the girl fatally injured .
23 One of Oggie 's sons , Toby , or not Toby ( well , I thought it was funny at the time … never mind … ) is very disobedient .
24 Cos that so song was popular at the time !
25 The Phoenix in London 's Charing Cross Road , which was empty at the time , would n't take the play .
26 A patrolling policewoman 's prompt call to Cleveland Fire Brigade prevented the fire from taking hold at the club , which was empty at the time .
27 Mr Fagan , who was 30 at the time , was not prosecuted for the trespass after the Director of Public Prosecutions ruled there was no evidence that the trespass was a criminal offence .
28 ‘ The wind was fresh at the time but should not have given the trawler any problems , ’ Mr Ellis said .
29 Either I was wrong at the time or the author has dramatically improved .
30 ‘ I was embarrassed at the time because it was a serious occasion but secretly I was also very flattered .
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