Example sentences of "was [adv] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Sometimes there would be an extra pause that was n't scripted , but which he felt was right at the time . |
| 4 | However , I can debate with anyone and at any stage that Gibson was right at the time for the Dams . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Every time she missed the ball — which was most of the time — she became more angry . |
| 8 | Well not so much cheaper cos I was most of the time I was doing it for nothing anyway . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I was on at the time , I had my period . |
| 12 | I have a suspicion that somehow the heating was on by the time they reached their new destination . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ The state I was in at the time I 'd have wanted to murder him myself . |
| 15 | Yeah , but my old man he 's a , he 's driving he was driving the one of the that 's , that erm , Lieutenant Colonel was in at the time of the , and he , he was in there and he said my old man knows for certain that at that time they were under fire , cos they drove in and picked up two bodies and put them in the back of the jeep all under fire |
| 16 | However , although early Greek literacy must therefore also be labelled ‘ restricted ’ , the foundation was nevertheless being laid for future developments of the ‘ full ’ potential of literacy : ‘ It was only by the time of Plato that the language had changed sufficiently to express new ideas ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 17 | No-one was inside at the time . |
| 18 | One can be both part of the international abstract art and some of his work is abstract , and even in that context bring into it qualities that once one knows the idiom people can recognize as purely English and one can also , at the same time as he was much of the time , be a figurative artist that do landscapes , interiors , figure paintings ( rarely ) , and figure drawings of a very high quality , and again they are partly of an international modern and they are partly essentially English works . |
| 19 | Her 54.64secs victory was comfortably inside the time set last month by American rival , Sandra Farmer-Patrick . |
| 20 | Her 54.64secs victory was comfortably inside the time set last month by American rival , Sandra Farmer Patrick . |
| 21 | The prime minister , Giulio Andreotti , who was away at the time , was welcomed home on Monday March 25th by headlines announcing a showdown with Mr Cossiga . |
| 22 | Eric was away at the time , staying with the Stoves in Belfast . |
| 23 | She was away at the time |
| 24 | ‘ We ca n't fix a definite time of death until after the post mortem , but we 're working on the assumption that it was shortly after the time agreed for the rendezvous — midnight . |
| 25 | It was shortly before the time Luke usually arrived on Fridays , and up until today she would have made some excuse to Florian , but reviviscent pride demanded a gesture . |
| 26 | It was just around the time you were born , Baptiste said : I do n't remember it either . |
| 27 | Rodrigo , who was elsewhere at the time , heard the news with dismay . |
| 28 | It is really impossible for someone not technically qualified , or who was not at the time encouraged to understand more than a very limited aspect of its functions , to analyse the workings of the apparatus . |
| 29 | Secondly , the machine was not at the time of the contract in a deliverable state , since it still had to be removed from the concrete emplacement . |
| 30 | Erm so that is and what we 're doing is to try and recreate the appearance of the house as it was not in the time when the canons had it , but when William had it because we know a lot about him and his family and also we know more about the furnishings of that period . |