Example sentences of "have [verb] [pers pn] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You should have told me at the time ! ’ |
| 2 | The organisation of the celebrations on such a large scale was a major success for Pateman and although he could not have known it at the time he was in the final few months of his long and difficult years of service to the District and the WEA . |
| 3 | In retrospect I can see that this implication can be drawn from the envelope , and I only wish I had realised it at the time . |
| 4 | Beryl 's words had impressed him at the time because they summed up his own vague feeling that what had happened and what was happening might be consequences of the old man 's cynical , even malicious contrivings . |
| 5 | It had soon passed , but it had alarmed her at the time . |
| 6 | That afternoon , various incidents that had puzzled me at the time , became clear to me . |
| 7 | This was pronounced with a kind of funereal satisfaction , and for a moment Jackson could imagine the remorseless gossip that someone else 's tragedy had afforded her at the time . |
| 8 | It had upset him at the time , but you had to get over stuff like that or you 'd go to the wall . |
| 9 | ‘ He would verbalize his sadnesses , throw his arms about as he told elaborate stories concerning people who had upset him at the time , even when going into sad tales about people who were important to him . |
| 10 | Mike , though he not have thought it at the time , was extremely lucky , as the aircraft hit the ground the fuselage broke open , his helmet came off , became lodged in the opening and was then crushed as the fuselage closed again . |