Example sentences of "[adv] [num] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only eight at the time of his brother 's accession in 1461 , he spent the early years of Edward IV 's reign in relative obscurity , overshadowed by his elder brother George duke of Clarence . |
| 2 | Only eight at the time of his brother 's accession in 1461 , he spent the early years of Edward IV 's reign in relative obscurity , overshadowed by his elder brother George duke of Clarence . |
| 3 | His mother 's death was the first he had been intimately concerned with — his father 's hardly counted , because Peter had been only thirteen at the time . |
| 4 | ‘ It used to get me so angry and I really wanted to protect my mother and help her , but I was only six at the time and there was nothing I could do . |
| 5 | The second I saw was an Alan Ayckbourn , considering that I was only six at the time and I did n't understand some of it I still was enthralled with the acting and enjoyed it almost as equally enough as the panto . |
| 6 | As I was only three at the time , I lacked confidence in my ability to make it back to dry land under my own steam . ’ |
| 7 | Being only three at the time , I ca n't remember much about it . |
| 8 | As a bright and promising student of Armchair Theatre Sydney Newman felt Verity Lambert was right for the Producer 's post , in spite of her distinct lack of years , being only twenty-seven at the time of her appointment . |
| 9 | She was only forty-six at the time , but sheer hardship and constant exposure to the worst elements the high Pennines could mete out had drained her youth away . |
| 10 | And in just some two years from now , perhaps three at the most , that same cleared forest ground will be abandoned . |
| 11 | Johnny Cooper was the ‘ baby ’ of the unit and was only 18 at the time . |
| 12 | ‘ And you were only 18 at the time as opposed to being a grown man . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ And you were only 18 at the time as opposed to being a grown man . ’ |
| 14 | Way back in the 1960s , when the tricolour flew in Divis St , I was only sixteen at the time . |
| 15 | Maidstone is one of a number of designated prisons able to take ‘ lifers ’ and it can provide up to 100 places for them , although there were only 80 at the time of my visit . |
| 16 | His son , with a face blemished by a large red birthmark which led to his being known as James of the Fiery Face , was only 6 at the time of the assassination . |
| 17 | Against you on the aisle so eighty at the back now against you , all done at eighty pounds right at the back , eighty pounds , are you all done ? |
| 18 | And she was only nine at the time ! |
| 19 | ‘ I was all set to do a solo record for Shrapnel , but a couple of months before I was due to do it , Mike Varney introduced me to Jason , who was only 16 at the time . |
| 20 | Even as this story is being written , in the 1980s , one man can still remember that far-off funeral of 1905 , though he was only five at the time : |
| 21 | Although only fifteen at the time of his father 's death he soon showed himself to be a cunning and unscrupulous politician . |
| 22 | Von Frisch trained a scout bee to come to a source , and then placed out new sources at equal distances from the hive , but only one at the same direction as the original . |
| 23 | If you actually go in and look at the prices cos the other is the only one I 'm gon na get , it was only ten pounds , only one at the bottom and this shirt white shirt is only five pounds . |
| 24 | In most areas , the votes of mentally handicapped people may make little difference but in very marginal constituencies , such as Brecon and Radnor , where there are approximately 250 people with a severe mental handicap and where the majority was only 56 at the last election , the voting patterns of even small populations could have a crucial effect . |
| 25 | Although Edinburgh , for whom captain and scrum-half Johnnie Crombie had an outstanding game , were losing only 7-0 at the interval , they were swamped in the second half as Durham ran in five tries and kicked four conversions and a penalty . |
| 26 | I have a strong interest in languages , and although now we are trying to teach more languages in school , even in primary schooling , I do n't feel that within er my , I 'm only eighteen at the moment , by the time I 'm twenty five things still wo n't have came far enough along for me to utilize this skill . |
| 27 | The discharging officer called Gary — just nineteen at the time — ‘ the most evil man he had ever met ’ . |
| 28 | He made just 20 League appearances for Orient but had already done enough to convince Wednesday to splash out £350,000 for his services last November , quite a sum for a player who was just 17 at the time . |
| 29 | She had been just fifteen at the time , and had agreed with him heartily . |
| 30 | Cliff , who was just twelve at the time , remembers it was an exciting journey . |