Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] [prep] the time " in BNC.

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1 This , of course , did not affect me at the time !
2 Although she had not realised it at the time , looking back she could see that her life at Mrs White 's had been quite lonely .
3 So I read it and I gave a similar look back and I think I probably said something like that did n't happen or something along those lines , that 's hard to believe that had happened and passed it back to him and then that was it , we did not discuss it at the time
4 ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East .
5 Although we did not know it at the time , the next census figures were to show an over-all drop of more than 11% .
6 Corman , a young independent producer born of the post-Superior Court ruling when studios were cutting back on their own B-movie productions , did not know it at the time , nor did anyone else , but he was about to make a significant contribution to what later became known as the ‘ new Hollywood ’ through the personalities he gave work to on low budget films , either acting , writing , directing or all three .
7 Although he did not know it at the time , Hess 's work was to initiate a revolution in geological and geophysical thinking , and ultimately it became the foundation of a major new theory about how continents and oceans are related , and what part volcanoes play in the evolution of the Earth .
8 I did not know it at the time , but Helmut knew that Jean-Claude was still seeing Otto .
9 This was to be a momentous decision although he did not know it at the time .
10 She could not convince me at the time that anything bad could happen , now that I had finally ‘ solved ’ my eating problems , and for a short time I felt jubilant , relieved and ecstatic .
11 When taking notes it is important to write down any new words or concepts , even if you do not understand them at the time .
12 Though the hardpressed French could not see it at the time , something had in fact gone dramatically wrong with the meticulous German plans ; that is , with the Crown Prince 's plans .
13 In fact the Germans were firing into the air , although we did not realize it at the time , so there were no casualties .
14 She gave the young MacGregor a book on Parliament but he did not read it at the time , and he can not trace his decision to go into politics back to that .
15 If mail did not reach them by the time of their discharge from care , it was not intentional .
16 It is naturally important to them that their children and grandchildren should know what life was like when they were young , and although younger people may not realise it at the time , a knowledge of their own family history and the characters that made it can be valuable to them , too , if they are to understand themselves and their own lives .
17 Many of the delegates were later to become officers , and although Eva did not realise it at the time people in high places were again taking note of her presence .
18 ‘ I am strength and power and light and speed , Taliesin , ’ he said , ‘ but even I can not protect you from the Time Fire .
19 Onassis invited me — I did n't know him at the time but later we became great friends — and we talked .
20 I did n't know it at the time , but he had come to prepare us for the move to England .
21 Though I did n't know it at the time , Lebanon was suffering only the hors d'oeuvre of the devil 's dinner .
22 ‘ Well , I did n't know it at the time , but the telegraphist on the next set to mine-Lofty , he 's called — was on my wavelength too .
23 ‘ I did n't know it at the time .
24 I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again .
25 Of course I did n't know it at the time , but by then my mother and father 's marriage was showing cracks .
26 She would n't do it at the time , because she felt the whole issue ought to be allowed to settle down .
27 ‘ I did n't feel anything at the time , ’ he continued .
28 I rang her every day , but I had n't seen her during the time I 'd been living at Eva 's ; I could n't face any of them in that house .
29 Well I think if that was me I 'd have that done now in case you do n't like it by the time you you get married and that could be growing again .
30 Indeed , I probably did n't understand her at the time .
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