Example sentences of "at [art] time i " in BNC.

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1 At the time I was not even listening properly .
2 At the time I did n't believe him because I was n't used to hearing the truth from people 's lips , preferring to believe what I thought rather than what I heard .
3 I had successfully entered , at seventeen , precocious , and without a standard , the market of a profession which was , at the time I stormed it , financially profitable rather than intellectually exacting .
4 As I had a twelfth-hand Hillman Imp at the time I drove him down to his place in South London .
5 At the time I almost lived up to my nickname , Bone — close to Tone , and closer still to bone idle .
6 At the time I was writing for Bicycle Times and one day Dick 's Arctic footpath came to mind .
7 In fact , at the time I was involved with Bromley Theatre , and as some of his interest lay in this field , he wanted me to arrange an introduction .
8 At the time I could n't work legally in England and I had about two or three months to deliver my thesis for my degree .
9 At the time I was involved in various things at Philips Records and I asked someone if they knew of anyone who could get David out of his contract , and was told that he knew a man called Tony DeFries who was actually not allowed to practise at the bar — he was a consultant , a trouble-shooter , divorce cases .
10 At the time I met her , Angela told me that she was involved with someone else .
11 At the time I thought that was particularly unhelpful advice .
12 ‘ Things have turned out all right for them , though at the time I felt like you , and thought they ought to have stayed till eighteen , as I did , and the two elder ones did .
13 At the time I was interested in graphology , and had experimented with various styles of handwriting .
14 But at the time I took her , the bushes had grown across the path , and we got stuck , with her widow 's weeds entangled in branches and thorns until she could move no more .
15 At the time I was surprised by the information ; yet in retrospect it struck me that this , above everything else , was what had meant most to him during that afternoon 's work .
16 At the time I also appeared in an episode of the Skyways series which did n't last too long because it was pretty dreadful , ’ remembered Kylie .
17 ‘ But at the time I do n't think Kylie or anybody else had any idea of the phenomenal success she would have .
18 I do n't think I should say sorry for doing what at the time I believed to be right , ’ said the Prime Minister , receiving his loudest ovation of the night .
19 At the time I was beginning to need his teaching , but he was ill and we all thought he was going to die , ’ says Richard .
20 At the time I am speaking of , over and above the crofters with their tiny , and often sub-divided , holdings there were several thousand squatters in Lewis .
21 He made very few mistakes and so often picked out the right line on the greens , lines which at the time I doubted , that I left the decisions to him . ’
22 At the time I had no real plans but just knew I wanted to be in a group .
23 At the time I took it too far and probably they did n't agree with that , ’ he says .
24 Of course , at the time I know I said it was all put on just to impress him , because she was no more for doing good works than I was .
25 They are Richard Walker 's Mk IV design of 1½lb test-curve , but they were very expensive rods at the time I bought them for they are made of cane called Palakona .
26 At the time I had wondered why this main theme somehow always eluded me , why the great events never materialized .
27 I was so surprised that at the time I uttered no word .
28 I made no notes of these visits to Out Patients , for at the time I had no idea that I might one day feel my experience with cancer sufficiently interesting to write about .
29 At the time I thought so .
30 At the time I had few qualms and found the role-playing exciting ; today I feel I was condescending to the people I deceived and I would not do it again .
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