Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] not at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not at the time understand how to tie the tension to the size of pattern . |
| 2 | I did n't at the time know where to , but when I had only about two months to go I too was posted , to Scampton near Lincoln , and who was the first person I saw when I booked into the Waaf Guard Room ? |
| 3 | At that moment Lesley-Jane saw your face — she told me you ‘ looked over your shoulder at her ’ but I did n't at the time realise that meant you must have been facing away from the stage . |
| 4 | You just ca n't trust these thespians — any residual loyalty vanishes once the last cheque has been banked : according to the Evening Standard , Maureen Lippmann , who played the ‘ typical Jewish mother ’ Beattie ( BT , geddit ? — we did n't at the time , but then we detest brutal acronyms in place of meaningful names ) to the mutual benefit of British Telecommunications Plc and her bank balance , when asked to reveal her favourite word , replied , without hesitation , ‘ Mercurial ’ . |
| 5 | We did not at the time think that we were sacrificing sovereignty to join that system . |
| 6 | It did not at the time occur to me that their behaviour together had anything to do with what went on between Jean-Claude and me . |