Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] it [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems odd , in retrospect , to see governments delegating so passively their most important educational function , but there were two main reasons for it at the time . |
| 2 | We were n't really in love , but it seemed a very great deal like it at the time , before we spoiled it ; we both thought we were , and how can you tell for sure when it 's the first time and you 've nothing to compare it with ? |
| 3 | We wrote columns about it at the time and no two people appear to agree . |
| 4 | I did not pay much attention to it as the time , because we had n't decided which peak we were going to attempt . |
| 5 | She did n't attach any importance to it at the time and it was only when she heard we were interested in anyone who had seen Garland between Saturday and Wednesday that she thought it worth mentioning . ’ |
| 6 | If I could have thought of a use for it at the time , I would have stayed and bid . |
| 7 | It can be served on the person undertaking the activity , or on a person in control of it at the time the notice was served . |
| 8 | Although there are conflicting dicta it seems that an owner who is not in occupation of the land at the time when the thing escapes is liable if he has authorised the accumulation , and that anyone who collects the dangerous thing and has control of it at the time of the escape would be liable , perhaps even when he is carrying it along the highway and it escapes therefrom . |