Example sentences of "[vb past] at [det] time [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among places he surveyed at this time were the park of Auckland Castle and Lanchester Common . |
| 2 | The only one interested at that time was Thornton , so he had to stay for the moment . |
| 3 | Towards the end of the novel , the narrator records : " What Antoine needed at that time was to find someone capable of proving to him that his past was worthy of being admired , that it contained elements worthy of gratitude and friendship . " |
| 4 | The last thing I needed at that time was pity . |
| 5 | I had an image of GLF existing through meeting people and talking to them , but the only physical evidence I saw at that time was badges saying GLF . |
| 6 | Two or three months prior to the Dams Raid , when the new squadron was being formed in the spring of 1943 , ground crew personnel from all over Bomber Command were selected and sent to Scampton , the best men at their respective jobs , for what they only knew at that time was going to be one special operation . |
| 7 | Indeed , a major theme which emerged at this time was the lack of attention given by employers to the age structure of their work-forces and the consequent lack of encouragement to older people to see themselves as potentially economically viable . |
| 8 | One of the most attractive designs that he did at this time was for Kay Dick 's novel , An Affair of Love ( 1953 ) . |
| 9 | The Oxford lectures which he gave at this time were eventually to be published as The Discarded Image , perhaps the most completely satisfying and impressive book he ever published . |
| 10 | In 1839 Brigham Young , the US religious leader , visited Britain and established a mission that contributed many converts to the Mormon church in America ; among the many who emigrated at that time were Thomas and Mary Jones from Llanaber in Wales . |
| 11 | ' How the Holy Spirit spoke at this time is unclear , but it seems reasonable to suppose that it was through a prophecy or exhortation given through another of the leaders . |
| 12 | When in 1988 Deutsche Grammophon reissued on compact disc the recordings Karajan made in Berlin , Amsterdam , and Turin between 1938 and 1943 , the New York Times published an article on music-making in wartime Germany that concluded with the speculation that in none of the recordings Karajan made at this time is there any evidence that ‘ the soul was troubled ’ . |
| 13 | Another journey Chapman made at this time was to Scotland , to watch Neil Dewar of Third Lanark . |
| 14 | At Key Stage 2 , with older pupils , the enquiry can easily be pushed back to the Victorian Age , when pupils are now faced with the " problem " that all the people who lived at that time are now dead . |
| 15 | Similar letters were addressed to A and to the company , neither of whom had at that time been charged with any offence under the Act . |
| 16 | In fact , in this case the unit was out on a CDL trial with quite inadequate documentation — the only documentation we had at that time was such that we were frightened to show it to the teacher because we realized that it would ‘ finish him off ’ . |
| 17 | We are told that the animal had at some time been shot and wounded , so today it had been put out of its misery . |
| 18 | We are told that the animal had at some time been shot and wounded , so today it had been put out of its misery . |
| 19 | Two other books which he wrote at this time were to cause him serious trouble . |