Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adj] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had n't checked them all at the time , and then they had forgotten . |
| 2 | In fact , only one serious relationship lay behind her , with a Wellington actor who read news bulletins in order to eat , and it had died owing to lack of feeling , disappointing them both at the time , but Maria had philosophically absorbed the lesson at the heart of the sad experience . |
| 3 | I thought it odd at the time that he should feel so at home there . ’ |
| 4 | I w I I personally er made it clear at the time when they changed the rules er er fairly recently , that I did n't think they should . |
| 5 | We talked a lot , laughed a lot , drank a lot — another round in the warming game of friendship that left me happy at the time , and aching afterwards as I contemplated the lonely bed . |
| 6 | After the trials of Halton , Cranwell was a haven , With my pay now being nearly 30 a week , I invested in a motorcycle — a square tank Rudge of questionable vintage — for £4 ( at a pound a week ) , but soon cured myself of the motorcycle bug that seemed to affect us all at the time . |