Example sentences of "had [adv] at [det] " in BNC.
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1 | I had not at that time met any Americans but the sight of them prowling through what was now my favourite town , talking in their unfamiliar accents to anyone who would listen , rubbed me up the wrong way . |
2 | He had not at that time known that specific request for permission to shoot at Yugoslavs in support of Military Government had come from Gen Keightley at 5 Corps in Austria . |
3 | I had not at that time ever been to India . |
4 | However , the abolition legislation had not at that stage been passed or even presented to Parliament . |
5 | Despite the policy agreements , the infighting over the succession to both Mitterrand and Mauroy had not at that point been resolved . |
6 | She had not at all looked forward to being a débutante and wearing fancy women 's clothes , and not being allowed to climb trees , and accompany Papa , who always , said her mama despairingly , let her do exactly as she pleased . |
7 | From the fairly casual manner of Nicholls ' wording and his failure to mention what he had recommended , we may take it that , at least so far as he was concerned , the problem of the status of emigres holding non-Soviet passports had not at this stage been presented as of overwhelming importance or urgency . |
8 | These two are in a very small minority of black sportsmen who had not at some stage faced the distressing realization that they were black and so they were different and that difference could significantly limit their chances of access to the kind of resources available to others , prestige , affluence , esteem in the eyes of others . |
9 | Ernie , who regarded himself as an expert with horses , had never at any time reassessed his skills . |