Example sentences of "or [adj] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was about ten or eleven at the time , but I had ‘ known ’ since I was about six . |
| 2 | Mrs Margery Teasdale , of Guisborough , remembers the operas put on by Tippett , even though she was only seven or eight at the time . |
| 3 | Acknowledge just how much you have learned from those experiences which may have appeared difficult or unpleasant at the time . |
| 4 | The 100 consecutive patients were all Tanner stage 1 or 2 at the time of diagnosis . |
| 5 | The term ’ provisional sum ’ is defined as ’ a sum provided for work or for costs which can not be entirely foreseen , defined or detailed at the time the tendering documents are issued ’ . |
| 6 | So that was er that was how and I was in I was I was at Well I think I was about nineteen er eighteen or nineteen at the time you know . |
| 7 | NSAID intake was noted as either intermittent or regular at the time of the first endoscopy only . |
| 8 | ‘ We were nine or ten at the time . |
| 9 | She had never questioned his facts ; he had been ten or twelve at the time and she had confidently assumed that he knew what he was talking about . |
| 10 | That does not mean that the law should change with every passing fancy — crimes such as theft , fraud , murder , etc. will never become fashionable — but ‘ social ’ crimes such as publishing indecent or obscene material are dependent on society 's perception of what is or is not indecent or obscene at the time , and the legislation of one period may be inappropriate in another period of time , to the extent that resorting to the courts to deal with the matter may be quite inappropriate and ineffective . |
| 11 | Then one evening — I must have been 12 or 13 at the time — we were driving back from visiting my nan in Kent . |
| 12 | Twenty per cent of them were aged 7 when first abused , 40% were 12 or 13 at the time . |
| 13 | The reason for such a power is that contemporaneous reporting may prejudice either the proceedings in question ( as where the material — although heard in open court — has not been made known to the jury ) or some further proceedings which were pending or imminent at the time . |