Example sentences of "was a time when [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a time when meadow , grove and stream |
| 2 | There was a time when sport benefited from hidden subsidies . |
| 3 | THERE was a time when nepotism and fleecing the public purse were associated with Third World countries , while our government and civil service were held up as models of rectitude . |
| 4 | ‘ There was a time when dog-fighting was legal , ’ said Mr Shephard . |
| 5 | Most Mods were n't gay — although Peter Burton writes well of the cross-over between the two sub-cultures — but to any person unfamiliar with their ideas about pleasure and self , they certainly looked it : ‘ Mods were more interested in themselves and each other than in girls … there was a time when Mod boys used make-up and mascara ’ . |
| 6 | There was a time when rock journalists were easy to characterize or , at least , to caricature . |
| 7 | That was a time when civilization |
| 8 | There was a time when diet books insisted that exercise could not help in losing weight . |
| 9 | There was a time when Madness seemed like the most durable of British pop bands . |
| 10 | It was a time when Madness seemed the most immortal of pop bands . |
| 11 | There was a time when autumn was one of the busiest seasons in the garden . |