Example sentences of "time [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elite theorists for a long time countered pluralist optimism about the interest group process by citing case studies of less savoury interest group campaigns , such as the setting up of a commercial TV channel in Britain or industrial regulation in the USA ( Prewitt and Stone , 1973 ) . |
| 2 | The trio — all of whom had at one time endured menial jobs in factories , Stock making gaskets , Aitken fizzy drinks and Waterman manufacturing telephone dials — were now at the helm of the 1980 ’ s most phenomenal Hit Factory . |
| 3 | On Feb. 6 the World Bank for the first time made major loans to Poland for structural adjustment purposes , totalling $360,000,000 , while indicating that loans in the pipeline could total five times that amount in 1990 . |
| 4 | Psion , creators of the first personal organiser , have for some time made plug-in modules available to provide dictionary and other data facilities . |
| 5 | Time became meaningless , all was sensation , until finally Travis made them one with the firm thrust of his body . |
| 6 | Whereas if someone who is normally very placid and kind became ill , say with an earache and at the same time became irritable and bad tempered , then this would be a highly significant symptom . |
| 7 | The rhynchosaurs had by that time became extinct . |
| 8 | He went into his room and put on a record while he decided what to do and for a time became lost in the music . |
| 9 | Inevitably , men pushed together for long periods of time became edgy and , by the time the prison was freed from the grip of the snow , three men had been knifed ( one of whom had lost a kidney ) and another had been beaten severely with a pool cue . |
| 10 | They were , indeed , usually of the kind denoting residence , such as atte Mede — at the mead ; in the putte — in the pit ; which in time became just Mead or Pitt , the definite articles being dropped ; or were toponymical , such as in the hurn ( a hurn being an out-of-the-way corner ) , which evolved into Hurneman and Hurman . |
| 11 | This was the first time that everyone else on the station at that time became aware of the danger , and they could only watch helplessly as the child stood petrified with fright between the rails . |
| 12 | However , some natives at this time became unreliable guides and could give away a patrol 's position . |
| 13 | Milk taken at breakfast time produced itchy skin by lunchtime , and severe bloating and diarrhoea in the afternoon . |
| 14 | With the aim of keeping only the Imperial Tobacco and Imperial Foods divisions , Hanson within a short period of time sold Imperial 's hotels and restaurants interests to Trust House Forte ( £190 million ) , Golden Wonder Crisps to Dalgety ( £87 million ) and Courage to the Australian company Elders IXL ( £1.4 billion ) . |
| 15 | In 1889 the Prevention of Cruelty and Protection of Children Act for the first time outlawed proven cruelty to children and allowed children in certain circumstances to be removed from their families to a place of safety , usually a charitable institution such as Barnardo 's . |
| 16 | This for the first time drew explicit attention to the contradiction between the order EX 77268 of 17 May , the " Distone order " , that " Chetniks and dissident Jugoslavs " should be evacuated to Italy , and the agreement reached by 5 Corps that they should be handed over : " Ref F 77268 of 17 [ the Distone order ] . |
| 17 | In any case , as John Bevan has pointed out , it would have been educationally unsound and probably physically impossible to have attempted , as at one time seemed possible , to concentrate all advanced further education provision in a limited number of institutions within the remit of a grants committee like NAB . |
| 18 | Let me give a few examples of vanished empires which at the time seemed invincible . |
| 19 | The time seemed endless and the water deep . |
| 20 | I and my sisters visited her there when we could , she was always ready to join one in what she called ‘ a dry mart ’ before lunch or in the evening , and for a time seemed content enough . |
| 21 | They had not been consulted and they knew that they would be caught in the middle if , as for a time seemed probable , there should be violent local protests . |
| 22 | Banishing an old life and taking on a new life and character when the time seemed ripe was a very Indian thing to do . |
| 23 | The time seemed ripe for a cabinet and prime ministerial intervention which would give Britain a higher profile space policy . |
| 24 | Matisse had an arrangement with Miró whereby he would buy the latter 's works and put them on the market when the time seemed right . |
| 25 | As this was fastened and he was made ready for departure , the prince for the first time seemed ill-at-ease — as if only then did he sense the poignancy of the moment and was after all loath to go . |
| 26 | Had the Conservatives won the election by a whisker , which at one time seemed likely , they would probably have plumped for a Labour Speaker ( on the grounds that it took one vote off the Opposition ) . |
| 27 | After a long and difficult series of negotiations Nicholas managed to save the greater part of the estate of his brother , who at one time seemed likely to be ruined . |
| 28 | Time seemed suspended . |
| 29 | Scores of students I spoke with at that time suffered hurt pride that socialist China , supposedly superior to capitalist states , could be defeated by its small neighbour ( and soon to be returned ) Hong Kong . |
| 30 | The historic state coach No 351 which was being restored at that time suffered exterior damage in the fire but it is now intended to restore it as a museum piece . |