Example sentences of "do n't [vb infin] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I — er — did n't think at the time that you 'd be that interested in — ’ |
| 2 | What we did n't realise at the time was that one of the main reasons that Malcolm was so keen on John was that he was so like Richard Hell — who was one of Malcolm s mates in New York . |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't realise at the time what had happened . |
| 4 | Like most of my fellow white South Africans in the early days of contention , I did n't realise at the time that people like Peter Hian and Hassan Howa were looking further than we were , and seeing further ahead than our own claustrophobic horizons . |
| 5 | I did n't realise at the time the extent to which it would actually alter my life . |
| 6 | I did n't object at the time , but afterwards I felt dirty , exploited and used . |
| 7 | ‘ To be a member of the Labour party you had to be a member of the staff association but I did n't know at the time , ’ says Davies . |
| 8 | Of course I did n't know at the time that this was to have been O's last night in The Bar ; and I knew that it was n't Boy 's first visit to The Bar , I mean he did not see O the very day he walked in , their eyes did not meet across the bar on that very first night . |
| 9 | She did n't know at the time that some day she would call herself ‘ artist ’ or ‘ writer ’ — not many teenage coloured girls from the Gorbals in Glasgow had trailblazed a path in that direction , so it was a real exploration into the unknown for her when at sixteen she set out to go to college to study fashion . |
| 10 | And I must admit I did n't know at the time exactly what her flying weight should be . |
| 11 | I did n't know at the time . |
| 12 | ( It was just as well I did n't know at the time that Jack would once have been called a psychopath , which to most people effectively means ‘ murderer ’ ) Untreatable ? |
| 13 | She did n't know at the time about the pictures that had been taken or about some of those activities in which he did take part . |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 15 | He , he was a real friendly guy and like I say he never said cheerio before he went , but one day he just painted his aircraft up with the D-day landing signs which we did n't know at the time and the next day he was gone of course it was very much top secret that was but the town just emptied of all Americans it was like a ghost town after them but it had been previously . |
| 16 | We did n't know at the time , but I was n't working |
| 17 | Of course I did n't realize at the time just how deep I 'd get in and I ca n't be blamed for not seeing what would happen in the end . |
| 18 | I did n't realize at the time when I was getting headaches , migraines . |
| 19 | I did n't twig at the time but really she just wanted to hang out in the shop and she was coming up with any old excuse she could find to be in there . |
| 20 | Well my view of that is that yes we do have new P P G seven which we did n't have at the time of the last structure plan alteration . |
| 21 | instead of having , I mean you do n't think at the time , but what she should of said was can I go away , come back for another interview another day , which means she , she 's |
| 22 | You do n't think at the time though sometimes do you ? |
| 23 | Oh , it do n't matter about the time . |
| 24 | They do n't know at the time , but this is to be the biggest event of the unusually hot British summer . |
| 25 | The strange thing is , quite often you do a lot of courses that you do n't understand at the time , you think it 's a load of rubbish , then you read through them , and just understanding them , they 're really quite important . |