Example sentences of "had [verb] [pers pn] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It had soon passed , but it had alarmed her at the time . |
| 4 | That afternoon , various incidents that had puzzled me at the time , became clear to me . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It had upset him at the time , but you had to get over stuff like that or you 'd go to the wall . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |