Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In retrospect , what I found fascinating at the time ( and this feeling has only increased with time and further thought ) was that all the crew just did what I would have told them had I been able to make contact with them . |
| 2 | The only thing I saw wrong at the time was that David and Tony began not to communicate . |
| 3 | Existentialism and all those other topical philosophies of the past three decades , which seemed important at the time , may have given him some guidelines . |
| 4 | Know we got lost with the time zone there because Portugal is an hour |
| 5 | Would he tell us then what he believes the impact of the er pay settlements will have on the spending he 's allowed local authorities because it seems to me there must either be a cut in staff er and a cut in services if they 're gon na keep within the the money that he made available at the time when he was n't aware of these settlements . |
| 6 | It has to do partly with the feeling , particularly powerful in the 19th century , that the proper role of education , at least at the top end , was to equip gentlemen to run the Empire ; and it seemed reasonable at the time to concentrate not upon mechanics , but upon grand ideals , and the classics were studied as if they were a form of theology , a way of revealing fundamental and lasting human truths This , perhaps , is why anti-science is strongest in Britain , because we took Empire most seriously . |
| 7 | ‘ It seemed odd at the time , ’ the youth went on , unconscious of his sudden undesirability . |
| 8 | What this meant was n't certain , but it sounded good at the time . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought it sounded odd at the time ; now I know why . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I did what seemed practical at the time . |