Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] [prep] [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , we are living in Hard Times ; but no , let us not go gently on to that good ledge . |
| 2 | Now in the scriptures , we 're gon na have a look at a few because the scriptures counsel us time and again , er that we are living in difficult times , we know that and it can become difficult to stay spiritually alert and awake and that 's why constantly throughout the scriptures you 'll find that we 're er counselled and encouraged to stay awake , stay awake and as we sang stand firm and , and grow mighty spirits , the first one is in Romans chapter thirteen . |
| 3 | In recent years , however , there has been a move towards more intensive farming : altering the lambing season so they are born at different times of the year ; bringing lambs indoors and using special feed to make them grow bigger . |
| 4 | Craft work ; women 's crafts as they are designated in different times and places , such as midwifery , sewing , cooking , undertaking , writing . |
| 5 | Quick-growing root vegetables such as radishes and carrots which grow out of sight can be compared for size when they are pulled at various times . |
| 6 | Tyler felt that the only explanation was that the sites were all points in some widespread pattern , that there was a sanctity to the sites and that this was the reason that they were marked in ancient times . |
| 7 | The Cathedral at Angers is a good example of the massive , domical building of Anjou , though parts of it were rebuilt in Gothic times . |
| 8 | Today it is kept in the cathedral of Monza a little to the north-east of Milan , where it is displayed at certain times . |
| 9 | The old armour is either worn away gradually , as in crocodiles , or it is shed at special times in a complete ‘ coat ’ , as in lizards and snakes . |
| 10 | It was first mentioned in 909 as Manburon , but the remains of defensive works and lake pile-dwellings indicate that it was inhabited in prehistoric times . |
| 11 | The hawthorn is the oldest of the hedgerow trees , for it gets its name from the Old English word haga , ‘ a hedge ’ or ‘ an enclosure ’ , and it was used from Saxon times onwards to make impenetrable fences — the hedge-thorn . |
| 12 | The house was originally 15th century , but it was demolished in Victorian times and the present house erected . |
| 13 | It was thought in mediaeval times to have magic associations and was hung over doors on Midsummer 's Eve to ward off evil spirits . |
| 14 | They would visit to see what it was doing at particular times , like haymaking . |
| 15 | In a variety of forms it was known in ancient times . |
| 16 | She uses only the pinhole camera or , as it was known in pre-photographic times , the camera obscura . |
| 17 | Since the Earl of Holland was ‘ a man of greater dignity than knowledge in the Lawes of the Forest , he was assisted at various times by judges of the common law courts who advised him on points of law . |