Example sentences of "time [pron] [vb past] be " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The authorities were investigating certain matters that had occurred during the Terror , at which time no-one had been too concerned about violence in the streets and the occasional unexplained corpse . |
| 2 | It was almost a year since he had been there and in that time nothing had been done , nothing had been touched . |
| 3 | Mary , who now combines her psychology practice with astrological counselling , said : ‘ As a psychologist , for a long time I had been aware of a lack , that this science did not give the whole of the picture . |
| 4 | I realized with a shock that this was the first time I had been really unhappy since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 5 | This was the first time I had been to the house and it seemed enormous . |
| 6 | I knew that when at last I was demobilised from the Waaf I would have to return to my peacetime occupation as a secretary in London , for the simple reason that my employers had been paying me my full salary all the time I had been in the Forces , that is , making up the difference between my Waaf pay and what I would have been earning with them . |
| 7 | All this time I had been followed by a police car which now stopped . |
| 8 | By the time I had been an intern for a few more months , doing my rounds in my white coat with stethoscope dangling round my neck ( and feeling very important ) , Father had had to close down the second branch , leaving — for the time being — only the original shop which he had opened near the Market Place where the annual Goose Fair was held . |
| 9 | It was the first time I had been able to attend a pub meet at this particular hostelry , and I thought it was very nice , full of young people without being a noisy ‘ fun pub ’ . |
| 10 | The last time I had been on Shunner Fell two years previously I had been walking the Pennine Way and had left Tan Hill on a rainy June day , with heavy clouds following me south as I travelled . |
| 11 | By the time I had been there a year , I walked and neighed like the Houys . |
| 12 | I wanted to join in , but I was only two and a half , and this was the first time I had been left with people I did n't know . |
| 13 | Last time I had been a fool enough to close French doors and knew they were there only frantic moments later , when I saw blood spatter my wrists and hands , like a fly buzzing , like a bird beating against the see-through reality . |
| 14 | Last time I had been to Paris they had rescued me from the freezing streets and hungry wolf packs . ) |
| 15 | The only time I had was five hours on the Sunday beforehand , and that was supposed to be a rest day . ’ |
| 16 | the best time I had was . |
| 17 | ‘ But the last time I ran was when I was 18 . |
| 18 | Well you know the first time I went was oh I du n no , before the war you know when I was about four or five and I went to get one out I mean my parents |
| 19 | Last time I went was a last time I went was about fifteen years ago , so I was thirty nine |
| 20 | Last time I went was a last time I went was about fifteen years ago , so I was thirty nine |
| 21 | The last time I 'd been there I nearly got caught bunking my fare . |
| 22 | But after years of the DHSS , it really was the first time I 'd been spoken to like a human being . |
| 23 | I rang her every day , but I had n't seen her during the time I 'd been living at Eva 's ; I could n't face any of them in that house . |
| 24 | This was the first time I 'd been into a prison and a number of things struck me during the day . |
| 25 | It was difficult — you know , first time I 'd been in charge . |
| 26 | But all the time I 'd been attending the doctor I 'd been told , first of all it was gall stones |
| 27 | It was the first time I 'd been out of the cell since 15 May . |
| 28 | I wish I had a pound for every time I 'd been asked that . |
| 29 | We replaced the police barrier to prevent a repetition of Sal 's sudden decision to travel sideways , although I had n't seen another car on the hill either time I 'd been there . |
| 30 | The last time I 'd been ( Chelsea , April 1992 ) over I missed two of the main players from the championship winning team John Lukic and Tony Dorigo . |