Example sentences of "was [adj] [prep] 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 | ‘ But your dad was rich by the time you came along , ’ said Constance , ‘ and mine was dead . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Is it not a fact that if the right Hon. Gentleman was dissatisfied with the time that would be available by way of a normal parliamentary answer , he could have opted as any Minister , with your permission , Mr. Speaker , to take that question at the end of Question time and then face proper intensive questions , or he could have made a statement ? |
| 9 | He was tall by the time he reached the counter , with that thin , stringy look of a rider and the ching … ching sound of spurs . |
| 10 | Marek was asleep at the time but as soon as the woman hit the bed Nowak woke up with a scream . |
| 11 | But his profession was deficient at the time in that he failed to recognise the necessity of suffering . |
| 12 | ‘ You recollect the gossip that was rife at the time — that he had run away to a monastery ? ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The glucose level was normal for the time of day , and everyone was pleased . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | There was no apparent reason why the road should not have been used as it was free at the time . |
| 18 | To make our cup full the children and I went down with Asian flu which was prevalent at the time . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It was clear to The Times that bankruptcy was far less of a protection to creditors than a licence to dishonest traders to speculate with other persons ' property . |
| 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 | He conceded that his preferred solution of involving the Soviet Union in a guarantee was impracticable for the time being but it remained the most satisfactory long-term solution . |
| 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 . |