Example sentences of "know [pron] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Onassis invited me — I did n't know him at the time but later we became great friends — and we talked . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Although we did not know it at the time , the next census figures were to show an over-all drop of more than 11% . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I did n't know it at the time , but he had come to prepare us for the move to England . |
| 7 | Though I did n't know it at the time , Lebanon was suffering only the hors d'oeuvre of the devil 's dinner . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | I did not know it at the time , but Helmut knew that Jean-Claude was still seeing Otto . |
| 10 | This was to be a momentous decision although he did not know it at the time . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't know it at the time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Of course I did n't know it at the time , but by then my mother and father 's marriage was showing cracks . |
| 14 | The organisation of the celebrations on such a large scale was a major success for Pateman and although he could not have known it at the time he was in the final few months of his long and difficult years of service to the District and the WEA . |
| 15 | ‘ My grandfather had signed his own death warrant , though only my mother knew it at the time . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , not that I knew it at the time , of course , else I 'd never have gone . ’ |