Example sentences of "old at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It replaced 1923 stock , which was incidentally only forty-four years old at the time it was moved to the island ! |
| 2 | She was about nineteen years old at the time , as I was . |
| 3 | He was thirty-eight years old at the time — why the hell had n't we heard of him ? |
| 4 | Ian remembered it , but I did n't , being only a few months old at the time . |
| 5 | She was nearly 80 years old at the time and had been a devoted parent and strict catholic all her life . |
| 6 | The amusing story spread like wild-fire through the district and tradition maintains that it impressed the fertile imagination of the young Robert Burns , who was nine years old at the time , and that he recalled the incident many years later when he was creating his masterpiece , the poem Tam O' Shanter , which is set in the ruined kirk . |
| 7 | HOWEVER , HIS SINGING CAREER STARTED in , of all places , the pop charts : ‘ I was sixteen years old at the time , and at the end of the sixties it seemed just the thing to do . |
| 8 | My daughter , who was six years old at the time , was delighted to be sleeping in Mummy 's bed and I was delighted to have her with me . |
| 9 | The archer who holds this distinction is Michael Leach , who was only twelve years old at the time . |
| 10 | One of the children taken from this family was only six months old at the time of removal . |
| 11 | He was 38 years old at the time of this raid . |
| 12 | I was eight years old at the time and completely confused by their attitude . |
| 13 | He was 60 years old at the time of Messines , with wide and varied military service behind him , including fighting in South Africa during the Boer War ( 1899–1902 ) , when he played a distinguished part in the relief of Mafeking . |
| 14 | The young man ( he was but sixteen years old at the time ) was fighting for justice , for the claim of his father , Edward III , to the throne of France . |
| 15 | ( 15 years old at the time of writing ) Runner-up for the 1991 BBC WILDLIFE Magazine Award for Young Writers ( aged 13–17 ) |
| 16 | He had been ten years old at the time of Herbert 's wedding ; his name was Max Beerbohm ; the story is recounted in Lord David Cecil 's Max , A Biography ; the date was 1882 , and sillabub , added Max , was then his favourite dish . |
| 17 | Ealhfrith must have been about 20 years old at the time of the battle of the Winwaed , after which he became king of Deira , taking over the former territory of his cousin , Oethelwald . |
| 18 | I was eight years old at the time . ’ |
| 19 | Playfair married Jessie Graham , and their children included the well-known Scottish architect William Henry Playfair [ q.v. ] , who was only three years old at the time of his father 's death . |
| 20 | So what exactly happened to young Sarah , who was only 10 or 11 years old at the time ? |
| 21 | There was one child amongst the others called who was eight months old at the time . |
| 22 | From living near the edge of a hot , steamy jungle in Army married quarters and coming back to England to live in a little house in Catterick Camp with snow everywhere , myself and my son , who was eight years old at the time , were sitting eating porridge feeling miserable and cold waiting for a plumber to come and mend a burst pipe . |
| 23 | In the USA , it has been found that the life-expectancy of people with AIDS is reduced in drug-users , women , black and Hispanic people , and those who are older at the time of diagnosis . |