Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] at the time " in BNC.

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1 Because they believed and they got me to believe at the time , that nationalization would be the cure for all our ills .
2 In an effort to combat the isolation and fear I felt at the time , I sought out a number of parents in similar situations to my own ; we had to create our own support systems .
3 Whereas in the 6th edition the re-written §246 dismisses the above as ‘ all my experience permitted me to say at the time … and that his research of the previous five years had wholly solved the difficulties of repetition .
4 That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was
5 I know now , although I think I knew at the time , why one was so cared for by the ordinary people of Bury in 1941 .
6 Oh well I think I smoked at the time .
7 Again we got into time constraints , there was one or two things obviously that were n't filled in , but I think that 's only been nitpicking I think at the time .
8 I must say I thought at the time that it was a pretty rough night to choose for a sentimental journey …
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