Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] at the time " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I thought at the time that leaving John Mayall 's Bluesbreakers was a bit speculative , even though Peter , Mick ( Fleetwood ) and myself had already cut a couple of tracks within the Bluesbreakers band format , one of which was called Fleetwood Mac . |
| 32 | I thought at the time , this simply could n't happen in England . |
| 33 | Certainly I thought at the time that Hunt would end up sponsored by Marlboro and driving a McLaren . |
| 34 | I realize now that I should have fired him right then but I thought at the time that when we got him on the set he would be OK . |
| 35 | And B-tested Peter Davidson , a former police inspector , said later : ‘ I thought at the time he 'd had more to drink than me . |
| 36 | I must say I thought at the time that it was a pretty rough night to choose for a sentimental journey … |
| 37 | ‘ That 's what I thought at the time , anyway , ’ said William , ‘ but I think now it must have been Barry Moxton . |
| 38 | I thought at the time that her absent luncheon companion must have been a boorish character , and even the greatest friends of Randolph Churchill would find difficulty in defending him from this charge . |
| 39 | I thought at the time she sounded a bit over anxious to explain why she had n't told us before , but it was n't long before I knew why . ’ |
| 40 | I thought at the time she made nought of it , but back last summer , like you say , round August bank 'oliday , she came to see me and asked me to tell 'er everything I remembered 'bout the day of the explosion . |
| 41 | As I say , I could have destroyed you , or so I thought at the time , but you 've turned out to be a lot tougher than I had imagined … not vulnerable or confused at all . |
| 42 | A careful , precise man , I thought at the time , one who looked after his health . |
| 43 | She was a real beauty , or so I thought at the time . |
| 44 | I thought at the time ‘ What a waste . |
| 45 | and I thought at the time it 's , it 's quite good enough just to have the idea and talk about the idea , make some drawings and |
| 46 | And I thought at the time , oh I 'd not done anything about it , |
| 47 | I thought at the time sh er she was leaving it pretty late . |
| 48 | to be honest because erm it 's and that I wo n't say that there 's a criticism of this particular project which I supported at the time but I think that in future we do need to plan our projects and and there are people in the in the town that are prepared to work , perhaps need a bit of organizing , we need to think about how that might happen , but we must n't first reaction go to professional or semiprofessional help . |
| 49 | ‘ I was given such a very early start in the game and looking back now I think of it as an even more remarkable achievement than I did at the time , ’ says Dozzell . |
| 50 | I did at the time erm I no longer am authorised to carry . |
| 51 | I said at the time what I thought was right , and I stick all through to what I believe to be right . |
| 52 | I said at the time that reports are ALWAYS one sided when the score is 3–0 or 4–0 , this coupled with what I actually heard on radio 5 and what Ive seen of the goals is that Leeds had plenty of the ball , just found it hard to break a 6,7,8 man defence , and norwich looked dangerous on the counter attack . |
| 53 | I said at the time of Robert Maxwell 's death that he 'd left a trail of wreckage across the city . |
| 54 | I said at the time that it was rather important from the point of view of the economy that we should not have wage increases which we could not afford . |
| 55 | I suppose looking back on what I said at the time it was true and I did really love you and I still do but now it 's not sexual or romantic , it was n't sexual then because my mind was too pure and partly because you were such a huge chunk of my life , one seventh , and I think I always will do n't know what that 's su oh it 's love you I suppose for you it must have been such a small thing and at fifteen stroke sixteen you can probably only just remember me I was fourteen actually I was the middle son who was n't properly blond unlike the brothers and hung around near you far too much . |
| 56 | The social worker I had at the time kept coming to see me in Low Newton and saying , ‘ Do you not think it 's best if you get him adopted ? ’ |
| 57 | I assume you can not , for already the feelings I had at the time are inscrutable to me , so imbued was I with an electric sense of occasion . |
| 58 | As someone said at the time , ‘ I could believe him guilty of grievous bodily harm , but not grievous bodily charm . ’ |
| 59 | Oh well I think I smoked at the time . |
| 60 | As I wrote at the time , though the error may appear small , any error is significant given the close tolerances of FI cars . |