Example sentences of "his [adj] [noun sg] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He started his political career at the time when the Cenomarv of Brixia answered the call to rebellion from the last Punic commander in Italy , Hamilcar . |
| 2 | Thomas believes that he sipped his favourite drink at the time , Campari and soda , because he believed — in the terminology of the time — that was the ‘ with-it ’ thing to do . |
| 3 | The Last of the Mohicans had been his favourite book at the time ; he had insisted on being Hawkeye and Tim Skerritt on being the treacherous Indian , Magua . |
| 4 | He had a point , though I ca n't say I appreciated his little joke at the time . |
| 5 | His great courage at the time eventually earned him the Military Cross , but the harrowing experience was for a long while foremost in his mind and symbolized by the walk back to his commanding officer over a mass of dead German and British soldiers in which his feet scarcely touched the ground . |
| 6 | He had been abroad on his support-gathering tour at the time of the malai invasion . |
| 7 | He himself missed his nightly intercourse at the time of the births , even with the knowledge that she resented it . |