Example sentences of "what [pron] [vb past] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's what I thought at the time , anyway , ’ said William , ‘ but I think now it must have been Barry Moxton . |
| 2 | I suppose looking back on what I said at the time it was true and I did really love you and I still do but now it 's not sexual or romantic , it was n't sexual then because my mind was too pure and partly because you were such a huge chunk of my life , one seventh , and I think I always will do n't know what that 's su oh it 's love you I suppose for you it must have been such a small thing and at fifteen stroke sixteen you can probably only just remember me I was fourteen actually I was the middle son who was n't properly blond unlike the brothers and hung around near you far too much . |
| 3 | He wrote a few letters on my behalf and I just did n't think he was for me because of what I saw at the time . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's what I suspected at the time , but your damned gratitude is the last thing I want , Maria . ’ |
| 5 | Just what I wanted at the time , to 'elp me keep me figure tidy . |
| 6 | I did n't understand what she meant at the time , I just thought she was mad ! ’ |
| 7 | made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being |
| 8 | ‘ Leaving aside what you thought at the time , and looking back , could he have driven the car to Exeter after disposing of his wife ? ’ |
| 9 | Er and it was much easier to be living on the premises , that 's what we felt at the time . |
| 10 | That 's why we came out with it 'cause it reflected what we liked at the time . ’ |
| 11 | Well I do n't know it 's just what we liked at the time you know , we liked anything that was considered a bit way out then , you know |
| 12 | It is much more difficult to establish precisely when damage occurred , who was responsible and what they intended at the time . |
| 13 | Why had n't he told me what he thought at the time ? |
| 14 | He begins with the mind as ‘ white paper ’ ( following Locke ) , describes ‘ external sensible objects ’ , then records — as , for example , in the ‘ sense of unknown modes of being ’ after the boat-stealing incident — what he felt at the time , and then adds a later ‘ reflection ’ or meditation upon the event from the point of view of the author writing in 1798–1805 . |
| 15 | But skipper Dave Watson revealed : ‘ Tony was disappointed at being dropped and he said what he felt at the time . |
| 16 | But I know what he saw at the time — three mere candle-flames and three mere shadows . |
| 17 | He ‘ produced his bell and rang it , stating that that was what he did at the time ’ , but the magistrate told him ‘ that he must not think that everyone had to scamper out of the way upon hearing the sound of his bell ’ . |