Example sentences of "said at the time [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some said at the time that Leviathan had been written for Cromwell , and indeed Hobbes did say that it supported a ‘ conscientious obedience to the present government ’ of the Protectorate . |
| 2 | Joseph Maloney , secretary of the local angling association , said at the time that earlier , less serious pollution caused by Mogul had killed all fish life in what had once been a good trout and salmon river . |
| 3 | he said at the time that as soon as his international career was over that he could go back to Blackheath and see them right . |
| 4 | People said at the time that the war had been fought for the children , for a better future , and the 1950s represent a watershed in the historical process by which children have come to be thought of as repositories of hope , and objects of desire . |
| 5 | Scott and James McCalman said at the time that it was a stone used for making charcoal after the following fashion . |
| 6 | The interesting factor in all those arguments is that my hon. Friends who sat on the respective Committees or spoke on the Second Reading of Bills associated with privatisation said at the time that the Government were privatising monopoly , not introducing effective competition and regulation , and the matter would have to be examined again . |
| 7 | Crawford said at the time that he identified with his character because he felt that the enthusiasm and initiative of youth was often undervalued by the older generation . |
| 8 | I said at the time that reports are ALWAYS one sided when the score is 3–0 or 4–0 , this coupled with what I actually heard on radio 5 and what Ive seen of the goals is that Leeds had plenty of the ball , just found it hard to break a 6,7,8 man defence , and norwich looked dangerous on the counter attack . |
| 9 | Annely Juda said at the time that she would have to be carried out of the building rather than leave . |
| 10 | Police said at the time that it looked like the work of the IRA . |
| 11 | Mr Murphy , who works for the housing department as a caretaker for a group of flats in Coatbridge and is a shop steward for the National Union of Public Employees , said at the time that he could ‘ name names ’ and that elected members had told him that they had been put under pressure when short-leeting jobs . |
| 12 | Mr Murphy , who works for the housing department as a caretaker for a group of flats in Coatbridge and is a shop steward for the National Union of Public Employees , said at the time that he could name names and that elected members had told him they had been put under pressure when short-leeting jobs . |
| 13 | I said at the time that it was rather important from the point of view of the economy that we should not have wage increases which we could not afford . |