Example sentences of "this time was a " in BNC.

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1 There was the black coffin with its silvered ornaments and the mourner who sat at its head this time was a widowed husband !
2 For me , a highlight of this time was a weekend visit from a college friend , whom I 've only seen once in the forty-three years since we left college .
3 The only comfort I had during this time was a farmer 's daughter in my class at school called Tina .
4 As for the other main intruder into the parliamentary arena , the support for the SNP at this time was a more complex phenomenon .
5 If the one we crossed this time was a steep climb and then a pleasant sweep into a warm green valley , and not the mountains of the moon , I was the better pleased , because although it was different it was also wonderful , and because I felt instinctively that the heights must be earned .
6 Other fairy subjects followed , but his major work at this time was a large number of panels for Lord Foley 's house at 26 Grosvenor Square , for which he chose scenes from Tasso 's ‘ Jerusalem Delivered ’ and Byron 's ‘ Manfred ’ .
7 Another innovation introduced by Mr Woolf about this time was a change in the title of the cutters .
8 This time was a much more pleasant occasion , ’ said John , 45 , who has been running for the last seven years .
9 I often do it , but this time was a bit worse . ’
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