Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [conj] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slavonic legend has it that at the time of the Creation of the World a group of malignant spirits staged a revolt against Svarog , the sky god . |
| 2 | Furthermore , many absences from services in the post-Reformation period were occasioned not by apathy or reluctance to forgo a morning 's work or relaxation , but rather by ill-health or family commitments ; when William Kirke of Stow-cum-Quy in Cambridgeshire , for example , was hauled before the church courts for absenteeism , he informed them that at the time his wife had been ‘ lying in childbed and also his children wanted succour ’ . |
| 3 | Yes , your worships I wonder if I may assist the court o on behalf of er M Mrs erm Mrs er has told me that she thought at the time of the incident again was in fact , nearer to five o'clock than than , than four thirty and she was driving from Billington towards Clitheroe she had come through the traffic lights at the bottom of Accrington Road in Worley and she was proceeding along King Street in Worley er , towards towards Clitheroe and sh she has told me that at the time there was a considerable amount of traffic on the road and yo i in fact had that confirmed to you by er , my friend er the the traffic was sufficiently heavy that in fact , the the traffic travelling in the direction of Blackburn er was wai was backed up to the traffic lights as far as the zebra crossing and beyond it and so as Mrs erm was travelling towards Clitheroe her view of the children on the footpath at the opposite side of the road was obstructed by the cars that were er , travelling towards Blackburn . |
| 4 | ‘ No , you said I 'd handle them and at the time I agreed but now I 've changed my mind , ’ Ruth told him firmly . |
| 5 | Ruth was tempted to tell her that at the time she had not had the vicar in mind , but since Mrs Peterson had not come to bring her any comfort , she simply turned her face to the wall . |