Example sentences of "was [adv] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there was ever a time to change things radically that time has long passed . |
| 2 | She did n't normally drink any alcohol , but , if there was ever a time that she stood in need of hard liquor , this was definitely it ! |
| 3 | That was still a time when serious writing was impossible , so I began to translate , mainly English , American and German novels and short story collections . |
| 4 | The beginning was also a time when I was asked if I , too , would soon let them down ‘ like all the others ’ and when being there was expressed for all by Janet : ‘ I 'm only here because my daughter is the way she is . |
| 5 | But it was also a time of exhaustion and tension as I desperately hurtled between work , father and family ; and of sorrow to see him suffering . |
| 6 | It was also a time when the American underground press was expanding , rapidly . |
| 7 | But the 5Os was also a time of the Festival of Britain , and of looking forward with hope and determination to bury the roots of hatred and grow the fruits of love . |
| 8 | The gulf between people 's voting behaviour and the polls was really a time lag . |
| 9 | There was even a time , John said later , when his one ambition was to devote himself to horses , but his father was not especially enthusiastic about that idea . |
| 10 | Possibly because in the past , it was quite a time consuming exercise , although the beautiful results are very definitely worth the additional time spent changing colours . |
| 11 | So the early Carboniferous was again a time of very widespread carbonate deposition . |
| 12 | Oh , yes , yes , but there there was certainly a time when , er universities , schools and even business companies , thought that it was part of their erm , their way of supporting society in general , that they gave time to go out and give talks . |
| 13 | It was therefore a time when Germany needed to boost her economy while Britain needed to stabilise hers . |
| 14 | There was never a time in Sir Hector Laing 's life when it ever occurred to him to work for any other company than the family business , originally called McVitie $ Price and now known as United Biscuits . |
| 15 | There was never a time when any more than a handful of eccentrics advocated the establishment of a separate nowhere else to go . |
| 16 | There was never a time when any more than a handful of eccentrics advocated the establishment of a separate black nation-state . |
| 17 | There was never a time when such a society was more important . |
| 18 | I believe that there was never a time when you did n't exist and will never be a time when you cease to exist . |
| 19 | And there was never a time when the life of Jesus is not shaping us . |