Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because they believed and they got me to believe at the time , that nationalization would be the cure for all our ills . |
| 2 | In an effort to combat the isolation and fear I felt at the time , I sought out a number of parents in similar situations to my own ; we had to create our own support systems . |
| 3 | was I gave my mum a lift because I , and d' ya know by the time he gets better |
| 4 | Please let us know at the time of booking if you would like us to make a hotel reservation on your behalf . |
| 5 | I 've had them followed from the time they left the house . |
| 6 | ‘ My father , Dewi Morgan taught me shoemaking from the time I was a little girl , ’ she said quickly , almost resentfully , ‘ and I 'm better at the work than many men . ’ |
| 7 | We all assumed that because of the , yeah the media pressure , at least talks would start , but I think possibly the management thought that because of this one-sided pressure , you know it seemed at the time that nothing nice was being said about the management , you know you can almost understand them being reluctant to go into a room and offering their side of the argument . |
| 8 | Whereas in the 6th edition the re-written §246 dismisses the above as ‘ all my experience permitted me to say at the time … and that his research of the previous five years had wholly solved the difficulties of repetition . |
| 9 | That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was |
| 10 | What did you think they lacked at the time ? |
| 11 | When older people think of the past they are not just taking stock of their lives but trying to decide what to do with the time that they have left , and trying to do so in relation to concluding or making sense of what has gone before . |
| 12 | Fergus in exchange for Calatin , for only Calatin could weave the Enchantment which would allow them to ride in the Time Chariot . |
| 13 | I know now , although I think I knew at the time , why one was so cared for by the ordinary people of Bury in 1941 . |
| 14 | Oh well I think I smoked at the time . |
| 15 | What sort of estimate did you make of the time of death ? " |
| 16 | I also thinking about what we 're going to do is we would end up sounding like a Foster and Allen song anyway you know not deliberately but I think you know by the time we 'd have have by the time we do the way we 'd be able to do it it would sound like Foster and Allen . |
| 17 | ‘ And do you care for the times ? ’ said Willoughby to Edward . |
| 18 | How long did it take from the time you started what was going to be the quick , silent operation until you finished and got in ? |
| 19 | But little did he know at the time , how soon he 'd need it . |
| 20 | But little did he know at the time , how soon he 'd need it . |
| 21 | Well , pay us each 1,000 roubles a month and you will get it built within the time limit you specify , ’ is the line these days . |
| 22 | Again we got into time constraints , there was one or two things obviously that were n't filled in , but I think that 's only been nitpicking I think at the time . |
| 23 | Thank you Chair for the time . |
| 24 | ‘ What I 'd like you to know is that when it was all over and Peter was back from America , the grave-diggers were down here on their bended knees begging him for forgiveness because they knew it was a nasty business and said had they known at the time they 'd have had nothing to do with it . ’ |
| 25 | If you intend to insert subtitles at a later editing stage ( rather than superimposing them live at the time of shooting ) , you will need to reserve space for these on the tape by shooting overlength material which can subsequently be erased and over-recorded by the insert . |
| 26 | I must say I thought at the time that it was a pretty rough night to choose for a sentimental journey … |