Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flat area to the south was drained at some time in the eighteenth century and a canal was built across it . |
| 2 | He took the view that her consent alone could not be retracted since it was given for all time as part of the contract of marriage . |
| 3 | A shed was broken into some time between Thursday night and Friday morning and electrical tools worth £100 were stolen . |
| 4 | Erm briefly , the situation is that it 's alleged that he broke two stained glass door panels and Mr denies that he broke the second of the two , the one at the front door he says was broken at some time earlier on the evening on which he was involved . |
| 5 | The one at the front door he says was broken at some time earlier than the evening on which he was involved . |
| 6 | It was forbidden at that time to bring wildlife to school . |
| 7 | It does not matter , she had thought , numbly , for whatever it was and whatever it has been , it was forbidden for all time . |
| 8 | In fact , however , new disappointments followed on Hitler 's confident promises : the bombing , almost unimpeded by German defences , intensified ; the situation on the eastern Front worsened almost by the day ; and in the west an invasion was expected at any time . |
| 9 | As will all reminders of the penalties of war , the true cost of this memorial was met in another time and place , but the financial charge was paid in Canada by ex-members of 431 ( Iroquois ) and 434 ( Bluenose ) Squadrons RCAF , who flew from the airfield from December 1943 until June 1945 . |
| 10 | It was accepted at this time that if you had talent you could sponge and exploit , as Colquhoun and MacBryde did when they abused Elizabeth Smart 's hospitality at Tilty Mill , a house belonging to Ruthven Todd and where they created havoc . |
| 11 | A great deal of work was done at that time in enlarging and landscaping the park , creating lakes and the kitchen gardens . |
| 12 | We have not yet as a nation fully acknowledged the wrong that was done at that time , and we have not fully rejected it . |
| 13 | ’ And then , softly , ‘ And indeed , the damage was done by that time . |
| 14 | She recalls : ‘ The book was done by this time . |
| 15 | You know , it 's bad defending , but we looked a different side second half , and not much was said at half time . |
| 16 | Yeah , they should n't , they should n't cos his music was made for that time . |
| 17 | The Lions scrum was pushed around each time . |
| 18 | The T'ang period was the main flowering of culture in China , and more poetry was written during that time than any other . |
| 19 | It is almost certain that Leonard 's interest in Zen Buddhism was sown at this time , and his ‘ anti-intellectualism ’ confirmed . |
| 20 | Typical were two canvases bought , in a grime-covered state , at Sotheby 's New York : a ‘ Roman School , circa 1650 ’ of ‘ Hercules wrestling with the Nemean Lion ’ , for which Croce had paid £31,000 in 1988 , was bought in this time at $17,000 ( £10,625 ; est. $30,000–50,000 ) , and a ‘ Sacrifice of Isaac ’ , bought as ‘ Roman circa 1620 ’ for $66,000 , failed at $48,000 ( est. $60,000–80,000 ) . |
| 21 | The Market Hall was demolished at that time , exposing the flank wall of No. 114 , on which was sign-written the times of cars to Mitcham and Sutton . |
| 22 | The October 1990 rate cut was anticipated for some time in advance by the gilt market which bought gilts and drove up gilt prices ( see Fig. 17.3 ) , as was the continued fall in base rates over the next two years . |
| 23 | It was an effort even to fetch coal from outside , and a herculean struggle was called for each time I opened the garage doors which faced the prevailing gales . |
| 24 | It was noted at that time that there were low level information technology utilisation in the departments , consequently the cost of implementation would be a major factor when considering the design of either system . |
| 25 | In mathematics he was clearly one year ahead , and was immediately awarded a Founder 's scholarship and two small exhibitions — and this at St John 's College which was noted at this time for its academic distinction . |
| 26 | The machinery of the ancient Forest courts was found at this time to be cumbrous and ineffective . |
| 27 | By contrast Engels 's position was that the family , as it was known in his time , had not always existed in that form , that marriage as it was known at that time had also not always existed . |
| 28 | November 1697 , will always be associated with Chiswick , although he was constantly referred to , in his day , as ‘ Mr. Hogarth of Leicester Fields ’ — the name by which Leicester Square was known at that time — as that was his business centre and where he worked before he married . |
| 29 | We should remember that very little was known at that time about the ways in which the ovaries influence distant organs . |
| 30 | Its eponym , the harpist Ludovico , is believed to have produces falsas ( chromatic ‘ wrong notes ’ ) by pressing a finger against a string to shorten its sounding length — King uses instead a type of double harp that was known at that time — and this device is still used by folk harpists in South America . |