Example sentences of "it at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of Leonard 's few memories of his father ( in addition to his monocle , his spats and his hair smelling of Vitalis ) is that of his reading , both privately and aloud , to him and his sister — precious moments that fired the young boy 's imagination and set him , although no one realised it at the time , in the direction of his life 's work . |
| 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 | Ah , I think the Foreign Office was trying to pursue the only sensible policy as it perceived it at the time , right through the entire period , um , since 1965 . |
| 4 | ‘ If we had wanted to deal with it at the time , we should have taken the action then . ’ |
| 5 | He could n't play it at the time , but it made some really great noises . |
| 6 | Unfortunately his foot was in it at the time and I slammed it , at which point he pulled out a badge and said he was a cop . |
| 7 | She would n't do it at the time , because she felt the whole issue ought to be allowed to settle down . |
| 8 | Yes , that 's how I perceived it at the time , but I was wrong . |
| 9 | No-one usin' it at the time so that was lucky too . ’ |
| 10 | 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 … |
| 11 | That 's why I wrote to you about Herr Sussmeyer and enclosed the pubic hair , though I did n't realise it at the time . |
| 12 | Those who saw it at the time have never been able to erase the startling impact that it made when it was given its short-lived British premiere at Sadler 's Wells in 1965 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Although we did not know it at the time , the next census figures were to show an over-all drop of more than 11% . |
| 15 | A new Hollywood was being born , but no one realized it at the time . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It is unlikely that the crude material did much good , and not surprising that no more was said about it at the time . |
| 18 | Although she had not realised it at the time , looking back she could see that her life at Mrs White 's had been quite lonely . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Everything that happens to you has been chosen by your spirit so there must be a reason , even If you are unable to see it at the time . |
| 21 | ‘ My grandfather had signed his own death warrant , though only my mother knew it at the time . ’ |
| 22 | It seems odd , in retrospect , to see governments delegating so passively their most important educational function , but there were two main reasons for it at the time . |
| 23 | I did n't know it at the time , but he had come to prepare us for the move to England . |
| 24 | He thought nothing of it at the time . |
| 25 | It is naturally important to them that their children and grandchildren should know what life was like when they were young , and although younger people may not realise it at the time , a knowledge of their own family history and the characters that made it can be valuable to them , too , if they are to understand themselves and their own lives . |
| 26 | The challenge which Gandhi posed to the British , as they perceived it at the time , was not to their consciences but to their authority . |
| 27 | Do n't blame yourself for that choice ; you had reasons for adopting it at the time . |
| 28 | I warned against it at the time , telling investors not to touch it with a bargepole . |
| 29 | ‘ Our house in London has been burgled but we were not in it at the time . |
| 30 | We talked about it at the time ( since journos are often good sources of information for drivers ) and it was quite clear there was only one place Mario could even think of going : Ferrari . |