Example sentences of "was [verb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her sole purpose in being here was to kill some time . |
| 2 | The congregation here was formed some time after 1690 though the present church building only dates from 1879 . |
| 3 | The cave was formed some time during the early part of the Pleistocene , over one million years ago , and it became filled with sediment during the middle Pleistocene approximately 350 to 400 thousand years ago . |
| 4 | Napoleon , however , was given little time to enjoy his victory . |
| 5 | John Marshall was given ample time to cross and Farrell redeemed himself with an unstoppable half volley . |
| 6 | It was given this time under the English title of the music , Children 's Corner , and de Valois insisted on the ballet 's being redesigned . |
| 7 | But Collins — who admits that ‘ anyone would like the chance to manage Leeds ’ — defends Gray and Bremner when he says : ‘ Neither was given enough time . ’ |
| 8 | I stopped working because I decided that the only way to make it was to go full time . |
| 9 | ‘ It was arranged some time ago . ’ |
| 10 | In this case , the meeting was arranged some time ago . |
| 11 | Although the London conference was arranged some time ago it became an opportunity for the princess to deliver her pledge in a speech re-written in the past day or two . |
| 12 | Oh I was bored to tears and I was eating whole time |
| 13 | Having spent almost all this money on adventurous travelling in South America , the United States , and Canada , he returned in 1908 and was rescued this time by his brother , who employed him as manager of his motor-car showroom in Brighton . |
| 14 | erm We have n't heard erm anything since erm the erm ground was cancelled last time . |
| 15 | I felt the world beginning to drift into the distance again , but I knew what was happening this time and got my head down quickly . |
| 16 | ‘ The murder was committed some time between twelve and three . |
| 17 | The situation was complicated by the fact that a further United Kingdom election was expected some time during the autumn . |
| 18 | An official bulletin was expected some time after the consultation . |
| 19 | Indeed , as I was making my way back to this guest house this evening , I glanced back over my shoulder on a number of occasions and was met each time by a view of the sun setting behind that great spire . |
| 20 | Well would n't it be making a point if erm everybody who was owed this time took it regardless |
| 21 | The phone rang , was answered this time by Monica . |
| 22 | ‘ It has to do with what was said last time I was here . ’ |
| 23 | Unfortunately we were not able to meet all the requirements for County support and it was decided some time ago that we would go ahead with an experimental opening without it . |
| 24 | Appointment of press secretary erm this was decided last time , that a press secretary would be a very good idea , er to try to achieve more publicity for the orchestra , not just for er concerts , but perhaps for recruitment purposes too . |
| 25 | Yanto continued , ‘ it was built same time as the castle . |
| 26 | The house was built some time in the second half of the 12C or beginning of the 13C . |
| 27 | This was commissioned by the thrustful chatelain of Pau , Gaston Phoebus , from his distinguished military architect , Sicord de Lord at ; and was built some time in the 1370s . |
| 28 | BOSS ME-6 & ME-10 BOSS 's success in the effects pedal market was expanded some time ago with the introduction of the ME-5 and BE-5 multipedals . |
| 29 | For the next sequence , Crawford and the Suzuki had to jump into a pond ; a three-foot ramp was used this time . |
| 30 | She was awakened some time later by the sound of Fen 's voice and his hand briefly shaking her by the shoulder . |