Example sentences of "was say [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | One Russian paper , described as ‘ highly conservative ’ , contained a piece , some of which , it was said at the time , was barely capable of being rendered into printable English . |
| 2 | A lot was said at the time . |
| 3 | If you later disagree with the company about what was said at the time , having your own record could prove invaluable . |
| 4 | On the latter point , the hon. Gentleman is well aware of what was said at the time of the Barlow Clowes affair , following an investigation by the ombudsman into what was seen to be a unique set of circumstances . |
| 5 | As Mario was to say at the time , though the 78 was obviously a ‘ fantastic ’ car in concept , it was going to take a while to work all the bugs out of it : the braking system was twitchy , the steering too flexible and it was , due to its side-pods , slow on the straights . |