Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pron] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We tried to sign Chris Waddle , but it was not right for him at the time . |
| 2 | ‘ We tried to sign Chris Waddle , but it was not right for him at the time , we went for Peter Beardsley , but it was not right for Everton . |
| 3 | We felt so sorry for you at the shareholders ' meeting . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's all very exciting for me at the moment , here I am about to go around the world for the first time , seeing cities like New York , which I have always dreamed of seeing . |
| 5 | In other words , I saw the town as being completely different towards him at the outset of the film , and then in snide little ways he would turn them against him because he carried his violence with him . |
| 6 | He need not be interested in it at the time when the insurance is effected . |
| 7 | I was very prone to them at the time , mainly because I was undertaking only light and sometimes very spasmodic training . |
| 8 | Now , it 's not clear to me at the moment that that is going to be the direction , say , of the Roman Catholic Church , because we seem to have a much more conservative Pope and there are conservative movements growing up in all the churches , you 've only got to look at Reagan 's America and the way you find counterparts to that kind of religious conservatism in all the European countries . |
| 9 | As a small boy I recall a very old gamekeeper ( at least , he seemed old to me at the time ) talking of gypsies having tame stoats in captivity . |
| 10 | so I 've shared a room with erm this chap Tom who was er he had been in the First World War and er though he seemed old to me at the time , I suppose he was probably in his thirties and erm he joined the Home Guard and erm lived , because he was bombed out where he lived in he moved out to Coptock had accommodation out there and er he was in the unit at Coptock and so that used to take up quite a bit of his time and other erm members of staff were , of course also had fire watching and erm various civil defence activities , quite apart from the work on the A R P shifts . |
| 11 | Well I was very sad about them at the time and if you may remember , I did say publicly er that I very much hoped the Conservatives would think again and rejoin the Conservative Party . |
| 12 | It certainly contributed in a more direct manner in that most of the food we ate had a high carbohydrate content and , although I was unaware of it at the time , I put on a lot of weight . |
| 13 | The G M B's got a long record of joining forces with others which has proved to be successful , but if we 're gon na be honest , it 's always been recognized that we would be the predominant union and yes Apex members we should have been honest with you at the time of merger , because it 's quite clear you was gon na lose your identity to at least to some extent and we should have been honest about that . |
| 14 | It must be accessible to everyone at the start . |
| 15 | It must be accessible to everyone at the start . |
| 16 | ‘ After having been a teacher in my past , my best answer is this : kids always seem to want to learn stuff that 's way to hard for them at the time . |
| 17 | No , it says optional , I think it 'll be very optional for us at the moment . |
| 18 | Without her being conscious of it at the time , her struggle for independence rotated around the figure of Hansel . |
| 19 | ‘ They were so patient with me at the beginning until I understood English better ; they would ask one of the secretaries in Wales to type a letter if I could n't . |
| 20 | The position of Battalion Entertainments Officer was no longer held by Charles within five minutes of the drop of the curtain and although that was gratifying to him at the time , in spite of the manner of his dismissal , there were additional deprivations inflicted by a scandalized CO , that were not easy to bear . |
| 21 | Upson would not normally run the winner again , but as he says , ‘ things are not exactly normal with us at the moment . |
| 22 | I was n't sure about it at the time |
| 23 | What was fascinating to me at the time , was their naming of teachers whom I also recognised , from familiarity with the five or six schools in that particular area of south Oxfordshire : I could immediately apply a cross-bearing as it were of confirmation that what indeed singled out these teachers was a vividness of personality , a cheerful infectious enthusiasm and an unusual energy and commitment . |
| 24 | The suggestion made there is that it is only equitable that the jurisdiction can not be exercised against a creditor unless the same conditions are applicable to him at the time he receives the payment as are applicable to jurisdiction over the debtor . |
| 25 | No , no , the red 's not terribly helpful to you at the moment . |
| 26 | I was n't very happy about it at the time , anyway , I was , her being , I think he was only when were they married ? |
| 27 | Making an Austrian blind for us at the moment . |
| 28 | The Archbishop should be thoroughly ashamed of himself at the failure of the efforts of the Church to create a better society . |
| 29 | I 'm more concerned with you at the moment , ’ he said roughly . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm too angry with them at the moment to help them . ’ |