Example sentences of "[vb infin] it at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East . |
| 2 | Although we did not know it at the time , the next census figures were to show an over-all drop of more than 11% . |
| 3 | Corman , a young independent producer born of the post-Superior Court ruling when studios were cutting back on their own B-movie productions , did not know it at the time , nor did anyone else , but he was about to make a significant contribution to what later became known as the ‘ new Hollywood ’ through the personalities he gave work to on low budget films , either acting , writing , directing or all three . |
| 4 | Although he did not know it at the time , Hess 's work was to initiate a revolution in geological and geophysical thinking , and ultimately it became the foundation of a major new theory about how continents and oceans are related , and what part volcanoes play in the evolution of the Earth . |
| 5 | I did n't know it at the time , but he had come to prepare us for the move to England . |
| 6 | Though I did n't know it at the time , Lebanon was suffering only the hors d'oeuvre of the devil 's dinner . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I did n't know it at the time , but the telegraphist on the next set to mine-Lofty , he 's called — was on my wavelength too . |
| 8 | I did not know it at the time , but Helmut knew that Jean-Claude was still seeing Otto . |
| 9 | This was to be a momentous decision although he did not know it at the time . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't know it at the time . |
| 11 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 12 | Of course I did n't know it at the time , but by then my mother and father 's marriage was showing cracks . |
| 13 | You can buy it at the delicatessen in Long Barton , you know . ’ |
| 14 | SO next time you need washing powder , washing up liquid , shampoo , etc. do n't buy it at the supermarket ( they make enough profit already ! ) order it from me ( I order on Sundays to deliver the next Friday ) and LET NCT HAVE THE PROFITS … |
| 15 | O M O V you ca n't buy it at the chemist it is n't a new type of bread for some religious festival it 's not a new cleaning detergent O M O V what is O M O V ? |
| 16 | So I read it and I gave a similar look back and I think I probably said something like that did n't happen or something along those lines , that 's hard to believe that had happened and passed it back to him and then that was it , we did not discuss it at the time … |
| 17 | We did n't watch it at the cinema . |
| 18 | You may not feel it at the moment because I 've blocked your mind from the pain . |
| 19 | ‘ How would it be if I returned your gift so that you can give it at the door ? ’ |
| 20 | If you have a young family a sandpit can be popular but do n't site it at the bottom of the garden out of sight . |
| 21 | If you ca n't do it here you ca n't do it at the beginning of the second appointment , if you ca n't do it there then the chances are you 'll do it right at the end and if you have n't made the sale I guarantee you wo n't ask . |
| 22 | So you 'd do it at the weekend ? |
| 23 | Must get the tree down and we can do it at the weekend . |
| 24 | Because of the recent return to figuration in the last ten years there is an enormous interest in British portraiture , but they put on a show like the ‘ Swagger portrait ’ only at the Tate Gallery ; why do n't they do it at the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome ; why not the Palazzo Reale , Milan ? |
| 25 | He added : ‘ Ferzana wanted to watch TV and could n't do it at the family gathering . ’ |
| 26 | They 're working on what they 're gon na say and when they 're gon na do it at the moment . |
| 27 | Shall we do it at the table ? |
| 28 | She would n't do it at the time , because she felt the whole issue ought to be allowed to settle down . |
| 29 | because they do n't give a specific definition as to what a landlord is or a rich peasant or a middle peasant meant that how that there was a lot of flexibility within that and it 's only later that they have to reissue those two documents on how to analyze the classes which erm which had been published in nineteen thirty which they felt that you know the Party 's moving too far away , but why did n't they do it at the time ? |
| 30 | Yeah I mean if it 's somebody wanting to move a three-piece suite and just a few books , no , we 'd do it at the time . |