Example sentences of "[adj] time was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crucial time was the period spent at Aubagne , fifteen kilometres outside Marseilles , which was the depot of the whole Foreign Legion . |
| 2 | One of the chief causes at the present time was the increase in interest rates , especially for the self-employed . |
| 3 | The toy that I remember lasting for quite a long time was a beautifully made wooden engine with its tender and two trucks . |
| 4 | As far as farmers are concerned time was a very valuable commodity and many of them , particularly in the winter period , could not afford much time away . |
| 5 | The only people what did have a motor in that , at that particular time was the harbourmaster of Pinn Mill cos they always used to call er er er one bloke down there who used to moor the ships up at Bottoman 's Bay and er th th th he used to get a retainer from the Ipswich Dock Commission and all he w all he had to do was make sure that was clear of , for shipping , if there was a yacht in the way he 'd go and tell them to move and he was what the we used to call him Pinn Mill Harbourmaster . |
| 6 | What made this work possible at this particular time was the wind of change that was sweeping across Europe . |
| 7 | For Gentle time was a vapour , dissolving hurt and self-knowledge . |
| 8 | Alec said that for him the daily instruction from the word of God in one 's quiet time was the place where , over a period of weeks , we should receive guidance from God . |