Example sentences of "[vb infin] it at the [noun] " 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 | Did CSM discuss it at the November meeting ? |
| 17 | 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 … |
| 18 | We did n't watch it at the cinema . |
| 19 | You may not feel it at the moment because I 've blocked your mind from the pain . |
| 20 | His first major poetry collection since 1986 ; he will present it at the Edinburgh Festival . |
| 21 | ‘ How would it be if I returned your gift so that you can give it at the door ? ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | So you 'd do it at the weekend ? |
| 25 | Must get the tree down and we can do it at the weekend . |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | He added : ‘ Ferzana wanted to watch TV and could n't do it at the family gathering . ’ |
| 28 | They 're working on what they 're gon na say and when they 're gon na do it at the moment . |
| 29 | Shall we do it at the table ? |
| 30 | She would n't do it at the time , because she felt the whole issue ought to be allowed to settle down . |