Example sentences of "that time [was/were] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police force at that time were in possession of what is known as an automatic door opener . |
| 2 | The conventional Western European view at that time was of sleep as a pleasurable indulgence , like sex , providing a natural avenue for the temptations of the devil . |
| 3 | The number of jobs available at that time was in excess of the supply . |
| 4 | For 500 years , until Bigorre was finally absorbed into the kingdom of France in 1607 , it was the capital of the county of that name , and for a part of that time was in theory an English town , being recaptured by a French army , after two sieges , early in the fifteenth century . |
| 5 | Along with General de Gaulle 's nephew Pierre , Ika had organised from Grenoble , in cooperation with the Maquis , the transmission of intelligence to the general himself , who at that time was in command of the Free French forces in the area . |