Example sentences of "was a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nizan 's apprenticeship was a testing time . |
| 2 | THERE was a testing time in store for members of THORP 's Chemical Separation Process team who found themselves in hot water recently . |
| 3 | It was a marvellous time , I think . |
| 4 | It was a trying time ‘ or it nearly was . |
| 5 | It was a frightful time , people were dying and dying — how could one hang on , she asked herself , to one 's private plan for a life ? |
| 6 | Yes the best if there was a dry time a dry stack , they kept that very best but for the calf beds , both for the bothy and the house . |
| 7 | It was a perfect time for the launch of Black Dwarf , but there too there were problems . |
| 8 | Saturday morning , 20 December was a worrying time for Jane Holt . |
| 9 | Needless to say , it was a worrying time for the Roubanova family . |
| 10 | For Anne it was a magical time . |
| 11 | But it was a magical time because running through everything like a fine , golden thread was the knowledge that we loved one another . |
| 12 | ‘ It was a magical time , young and daft and a full time sportsman , but you certainly were n't making your fortune , ’ recalls Malcolm Scott . |
| 13 | It was a traumatic time for me . |
| 14 | It was a traumatic time for all concerned . |
| 15 | For Reagan it was a frustrating time . |
| 16 | Masklin decided it was a diplomatic time to wake up . |
| 17 | The last quarter of the nineteenth century was a tremendous time in British deaf history , not just because of the events that took place and the deeds that were done , but also because of the men of remarkable ability and calibre who were to be giants amongst deaf , and hearing , people . |
| 18 | It was a bittersweet time but he still held my hand going to school . |
| 19 | This was a crucial time . |
| 20 | That was a terrible time . |
| 21 | It was a terrible time to have Christmas . |
| 22 | ‘ First I got dropped from RCA , then I was dropped by my publishing company , and then my marriage split up — it was a terrible time all round , really . |
| 23 | It was a terrible time for the Orcs , who suffered defeat after defeat and never found a leader of their own to equal Sigmar . |
| 24 | It was a terrible time . |
| 25 | It was a terrible time ! ’ she answered . |
| 26 | In Speyside , for example , a staggering 83% said evening was a suitable time , whilst in both Derbyshire and South Wales nobody wanted an evening course . |
| 27 | And er I got involved on national registration and er , on one occasion , we were working , we 'd got a deadline and we were working through the weekend , and my wife came to pick me up at what she thought was a reasonable time , at one o'clock on Saturday , found she was given a cup of tea and set to work , and we finished , going home about midnight . . |
| 28 | Lying on her bed , trying to read a book , she watched the time tick round until it was a reasonable time to get undressed and try to sleep . |
| 29 | Two , it was a strange time . |
| 30 | August 1985 was a strange time for The Smiths . |