Example sentences of "[prep] a time [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a time we were beyond his own district , and he greeted only the other boatmen , asking them about currents and winds . |
| 2 | After a time we were invited into the harem in the rear of the house . |
| 3 | After a time there was a click as Rico cradled the receiver . |
| 4 | After a time he was forced to stop , panting . |
| 5 | Hari knocked on the door and after a time it was opened by an elderly lady who stared down at her with a frown . |
| 6 | Nicholson saw them around Sunset Strip and for a time they were joined by Elvis Presley , who had seen Rebel Without a Cause forty-four times and could speak Dean 's lines word perfect . |
| 7 | Although for a time they were merely raiders , these Celtic cousins had ambitions to acquire land and permanent residence , and were as ready to fight the Picts as to co-operate with them . |
| 8 | ‘ For a time she was the friend of Lord Southampton . |
| 9 | For a time there was chaos . |
| 10 | For a time there was also a steam powered mill near the centre of the village . |
| 11 | ‘ For a time there were certain roles I thought I should n't do . ’ |
| 12 | The only other event at Huntingdon that I recall with any clarity was when I had my first ever flight in an aircraft — and for a time I was quite determined that it was going to be my last . |
| 13 | For a time I was — well , almost obsessed with that boy . |
| 14 | But Lawson then covers his back : ‘ For a time I was concerned that I might have made the wrong choice as Chief Secretary — a view I suspect was shared by John Major himself . ’ |
| 15 | For a time I was his friend , but not for long . |
| 16 | It destroyed him and for a time he was engulfed by a deep chasm of despair , drinking heavily , taking amphetamines and LSD — and he was in his sixteenth year of smoking marijuana . |
| 17 | His main interest was foreign and defence policy ( for a time he was both Prime Minister and Minister of Defence , as he had been from 1940 to 1945 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ For a time he was fighting for his life and we thought we might lose him . |
| 19 | For a time he was assistant to the manager at a works at Ardwick Bridge owned by the Tennant Company of St Rollox . |
| 20 | He received honours from Italy , Serbia , Montenegro , and the republic of San Marino , of which for a time he was consul in London . |
| 21 | And also am I , am I right in saying that the preliminary interview , you said something about erm having erm sessions , you had , for a time you were actually erm situated in the flats overni |
| 22 | In Australia , all launching is done this way , and for a time it was common in the U.S.A. The disadvantages , however , of the low tow position are as follows . |
| 23 | I had read it hungrily in Lima when for a time it was the most substantial piece of luggage I possessed . |
| 24 | The sugar was identified as either ribose or deoxyribose : for a time it was believed that plant nucleic acids always contained ribose and animal nucleic acids deoxyribose . |
| 25 | At the same time , in political terms , Costa Rica has been drawn much more closely into the US sphere of influence during the 1980s , moving away from the neutral stance it previously took , so that for a time it was one of the host countries for the US-backed Nicaraguan Contras . |
| 26 | For a time it was almost open warfare between them . |
| 27 | For a time it was held at Bologna , in the papal states , but the imperial representatives protested and the pope moved it back to Trent . |
| 28 | For a time it was also home of the philosopher , David Hume . |
| 29 | For a time it was popular to suggest that reversals in the earth 's magnetic field , which we know to have been sudden , may have temporarily broken down the protective shield provided by the van Allen Belt against cosmic rays and so stimulated evolution by way of genetic mutation . |
| 30 | ‘ Last year I won the Julie Rose 10K in a time which was within 10 seconds of my track best for the season , which is indicative of how badly I ran on the track . |