Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merlyn demanded to know why he had not reported her departure at the time . |
| 2 | But Cecil 's string was struggling to find its form at the time and Rainbow Lake could manage no better than a modest sixth to subsequent Derby fourth Cairo Prince . |
| 3 | Although they did n't know their names at the time , they spotted Dominic Wetherby and the American boy , Lee Horan , going into the public bar , but no-one suggested that the two parties should join up . |
| 4 | This can be multiplied manyfold in its unpleasantness , if you are a woman emptying your bladder at the time . |
| 5 | Blast , I 'd forgotten all about that little oddity , although it did give me pause at the time . |
| 6 | We pick out those pieces which match our needs at the time [ My emphasis ] As have most people in the field , this author has participated in this game , using these data for illustration or emphasis in the classroom , as arguments in a paper , or as support in negotiating a budget or a new piece of equipment . |
| 7 | I 'm just describing my attitude at the time , which I shared with most of my fellow students : an attitude of complete boredom and feeling that nothing was worth making an effort for . |
| 8 | Indeed , I recall my impression at the time was of having stepped into a prison cell , but then this might have had as much to do with the pale early light as with the size of the room or the bareness of its walls . |
| 9 | Nether Wyresdale Parish Council have asked me to express their concern at the time taken to finalise this planning decision . |
| 10 | I did n't understand his disability at the time , for he had a progressive muscular disease . |
| 11 | And would you also please make sure you give your name at the time you speak and who you represent because the the the matter is being recorded and we want to make sure we know who has said what at what time . |
| 12 | She was adamant that she had been wearing her G-string at the time — round her ankle . |
| 13 | The pilots were not sorry to go ; Doug Whitney entered in his logbook of the flight out : ‘ The finest sight of Malta I 've seen … ’ which , he adds , no doubt expressed his feelings at the time . |
| 14 | Did n't you fantasize about what might have occurred if only you 'd been holding your breath at the time and a gun as well ? |
| 15 | Please note : Nottinghamshire County Council has collected information to publish this brochure in good faith and every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy at the time of printing . |
| 16 | Political propaganda on the part of the American Relief Administration , by far the longest foreign source of aid , warped its judgement at the time , and the subsequent polarization of Russian-American relations has not improved the objectivity of later scholarly accounts of the Famine as seen through American eyes . |
| 17 | Though he was later subtly dismissive of the assembly , he undoubtedly appreciated its value at the time , not least for the good publicity it gave him in the British and American press . |
| 18 | That book portrayed her as an insecure child , who had overcome her unhappiness at the time of her mother 's elopement by zealously nursing her younger brother . |
| 19 | The General Sir John French commemorative of 1916 , which the Rose and Crown Hotel in Selby offered its customers at the time , is captioned ‘ Souvenir of the Greatest War in History ’ . |
| 20 | He did n't tell his father at the time , but he longed to help his parents financially with his younger brother 's and sister 's education . |
| 21 | Lowe happened to have a Manly Rugby Club official building his house at the time and the official acted as an intermediary between Lowe and Ofahengaue . |
| 22 | The selectors have chosen artists making their mark at the time : Allen Jones , Howard Hodgkin , Bridget Riley and David Hockney . |
| 23 | Yeah sometimes when Rosemary was here , we did n't have any bother or anything but now and again somebody , she did their hair at the time |
| 24 | Solti 's conducting is simply too unstable and volatile to give much satisfaction , showing his inexperience at the time in Wagner ( how sad Knappertsbusch was n't given the assignment ) . |
| 25 | One of the requirements of that particular council guides to the Chief Officers was that , they should bring before the councils a statement that Treasury Management policy and arrangements and that , in fact , was done in the autumn of ninety-two , and the council adopted a particular statement which reflected its circumstances at the time , erm , and the then policy . |
| 26 | I think that Paul could feel joyful because he felt that his life was nearing its end at the time that he wrote . |
| 27 | The Court of Appeal confirmed that the defence of provocation was unavailable ; even if D had lost his self-control at the time , it was hardly a sudden and temporary response to an act of the deceased , who was asleep when D struck him . |
| 28 | ( Express your feelings at the time , then accept that you created that reality . ) |
| 29 | He scrambles his own identity as a man and magistrate : ‘ Do you suppose I did n't come to search your room at the time ? |
| 30 | Table 5.5 summarises their views at the time of their first interview . |