Example sentences of "were a [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ascot and Windsor race meetings in the twenties were a trying time for the respectable county town of Reading . |
| 2 | These whirlwind developments were a long time in the planning but the results came with staggering speed and remarkable good nature and co-operation which finally sees the rugby world totally united once again but with a new combined force lurking below the equator . |
| 3 | If a week is a long time in politics , two days were a long time in the right hon. and learned Gentleman 's life last week . |
| 4 | ‘ That last one were a long time before your time , Tom . |
| 5 | Those early days of Elizabeth 's reign were a strange time for England , for having lost the kingdom through the death of one wife , Philip of Spain hoped to regain it my marrying another . |