Example sentences of "to [pron] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was very prone to them at the time , mainly because I was undertaking only light and sometimes very spasmodic training . |
| 2 | But it does n't seem like that to them at the time . |
| 3 | Sequestered within were Pet Shop Boys NEIL TENNANT and CHRIS LOWE — who earlier had the hair-raising experience of being mobbed in the cinema by ticket-buying fans who , in their rush to obtain autographs with menaces , completely ignored a squirming BARNEY from NEW ORDER/ELECTRONIC who was sat next to them at the time . |
| 4 | Others wrote about what Walter Machin 's books had meant to them at the time of their publication , and to these Viola wrote faintly magisterial replies of thanks and interest which usually also contained subtle plugs for the two books which were as yet unpublished . |
| 5 | Human possums avoid conflict by agreeing with whichever side is talking to them at the time . |
| 6 | It is difficult to assess the long term benefit of such a campaign as individual cases now coming to light clearly heard some of the publicity which was beneficial to them at the time but did not result in them making a call at that particular time . |
| 7 | I , I actually think they probably did use up all that was possible available to them at the time , and so , in some ways , this is against the spirit of the policy , although the policies have been changed , and I hear what Councillor said about improvement to the place , and so I do n't think we 'd serve any useful purpose in stopping these people doing this , because they 're probably not the people who were responsible for the flagrant disobeying of the rules at the time . |
| 8 | For the purpose of its own capital gains base cost the purchaser of assets buys those assets at the value attributed to them at the time of purchase . |
| 9 | They must be considered reasonable by the parties to them at the time of entering into the contract and they must also be seen as reasonable from an objective point of view . |
| 10 | They 're using a bank pamphlet given to them at the time as their evidence . |
| 11 | And that meant a lot to me at the time because all the paintings I was doing were subjects from my childhood years . |
| 12 | It seemed to me at the time that this fact did not square with claims that the Bible was inerrant . |
| 13 | Mr Harley , who made a long statement to me at the time , would doubtless have indicated if the Bawdsey site was ever raided from the sea . |
| 14 | The non-robbed make more relaxing if complacent company and Gilles , big loudmouth that he was , gave out an air of confidence that was appealing to me at the time . |
| 15 | But let me say here that that was just how it looked to me at the time ; that there was a nice logic to it , that Boy 's beginning matched O 's ending , that Boy 's first night was O's last , or it certainly would have been his last if Boy had not fallen into his arms . |
| 16 | Unknown to me at the time , other significant dispersals had already taken place . |
| 17 | A bunch of flowers , a dozen red roses , a tiny , unimportant little gift , but not to me at the time . |
| 18 | What was fascinating to me at the time , was their naming of teachers whom I also recognised , from familiarity with the five or six schools in that particular area of south Oxfordshire : I could immediately apply a cross-bearing as it were of confirmation that what indeed singled out these teachers was a vividness of personality , a cheerful infectious enthusiasm and an unusual energy and commitment . |
| 19 | As one wag said to me at the time , ‘ Only R is different ’ . |
| 20 | It seemed to me at the time that the teachers of science at school , who had certainly shown themselves to be opposed to me were , if not actually off their trolleys , a trifle on the demented side and undoubtedly strangers to coolness . |
| 21 | As a small boy I recall a very old gamekeeper ( at least , he seemed old to me at the time ) talking of gypsies having tame stoats in captivity . |
| 22 | It must be said before we proceed further that this model is so new that no handbook was available to me at the time of writing . |
| 23 | It seemed to me at the time that the Tanzanian Government feared that papers could be used as mouthpieces for dissident political groups anxious to advance their own positions . |
| 24 | It seemed to me at the time that I was doing something other than trying to keep myself warm . |
| 25 | For instance , Snow White is fed by means of tubes , a procedure which , unknown to me at the time , is still a common practice in the treatment of anorexics . |
| 26 | ‘ Thankfully I 've forgotten it all now and I have to look at it as something that was flattering to me at the time . |
| 27 | I ca n't think why it did n't occur to me at the time . |
| 28 | We all worked and lived at the same place and it seemed pretty cool to me at the time , but it started to become more and more negative until it got to the point where I wanted to leave … and I realised that they would n't let me ! |
| 29 | The park had a few fairly large hills ( or so it seemed to me at the time ) topped by a castle , a lake with a river running through it and quite a few trees scattered here and there . |
| 30 | It was the only vacancy offered to me at the time |