Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [be] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been times in her life when she had been — if not happy , then content . |
| 2 | There had been times , after all , while he 'd been serving his stretch in prison that he really had wondered whether he had hallucinated it all ; wondered whether he was losing his mind . |
| 3 | There had been times , especially after a long busy night at the club , when she had been severely tempted to just throw in the towel and thumb through the Yellow Pages to find the nearest painter and decorator to hand . |
| 4 | Of course there had been time for two moves in the interim . |
| 5 | This arrived so soon we could n't believe there had been time to make them and get to the Matterhorn ! |
| 6 | If there had been time , I would have ordered several new suits . |
| 7 | Fortunately , there had been time to buy a half bottle of Bell 's on the way to Paddington . |
| 8 | And as she worked beside Silas one question hammered to demand an answer — the question of how she could have lost control of her own emotions when she 'd known that all he needed was time to sort out his own feelings for Doreen . |
| 9 | Lothar believed that all he needed was time . |
| 10 | The most precious possession he had was time . |