Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [art] time [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Semenyaka is an honoured People 's Artist , but she agrees : ‘ Our heyday was the time of Diaghilev , Nijinsky and Karsavina , and the fact that they inspired Fokine and Balanchine . |
| 2 | Added to these was another important element , for the period of the festival was a time of licence : this was a necessary outlet in the community for the tensions repressed after the long period of hard physical toil . |
| 3 | The balmy summer months before Harry 's birth was a time of contentment and mutual devotion . |
| 4 | The retreat was a time for fear at first , and self-scrutiny . |
| 5 | All this made for contentment , and the greater part of the century was a time of content , though a bad harvest invariably meant serious food riots . |
| 6 | The Trias in this country was a time of desert conditions so that the forms exhumed from beneath its rocks will have to be compared with modern desert landforms . |
| 7 | On a recent visit to a day centre , where a large number of old people had regular baths , I was told that bath time was a time for confidences and chats . |
| 8 | She explained that Ramadan was a time of reunion , of coming together to withstand the fast during the day and to share support during the night . |