Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was true that the round had taken 4½ hours , but this included time wasted by crowd interference and inadequate marshalling arrangements . |
| 2 | They got on to the airfield that night and started to place their bombs , but as the aircraft were widely dispersed , this took time in the dark . |
| 3 | But all this took time . |
| 4 | This took time , and it was not until 1931 that Kell was chosen as the director around whom something like a national security service could be built . |
| 5 | Some had time to grab weapons before the intruders were upon them . |
| 6 | It was time to take a few weeks off — no more — but that allowed time for reflection on the year . |
| 7 | There 's not many got time for us old ‘ uns . |
| 8 | Gregory the Great found time to designate the varieties most appropriate to the different orders of the Hierarchy of Heaven — sard for Seraphim , topaz for Cherubim , jasper for Thrones , chrysolite for Dominions , onyx for Principalities , beryl for Powers , sapphire for Virtues , carbuncle for Archangels and emerald for Angels . |
| 9 | The dress rehearsal of Countess Maritza was the following morning , but still they all found time to make a fuss of Ingrid , who was now smugly self-confident instead of defiantly self-confident . |
| 10 | They all spent time reassuring Fiona until the worst of the worry unwound from her body and I watched the movement of her silver-blond hair in the soft lights and made no attempt to throw doubts because it would have achieved nothing good . |
| 11 | They all spent time covering their asses . |
| 12 | These things all took time but now I must say that , for me , it is just about perfect . |
| 13 | It all took time but worked out in the end . |
| 14 | It all took time and it was past midday before we finally got away . |
| 15 | He was as anxious as anyone could be to get the mine on a proper footing and producing profitably … but it all took time ! |
| 16 | It all took time but often it was the personal touches that reached people 's hearts . |
| 17 | It all took time . |
| 18 | That needed time . |
| 19 | Each forgery had to be faultless , and each took time . |
| 20 | Paul and Malcolm Bream first spent time exploring possible sources of voluntary funding , and then saw what might be done with the local authority , but have now turned back to their original search for their own place . |
| 21 | After the team had gone off , I decided to visit a needy church member first and only had time to knock on one door before the agreed time to report back . |
| 22 | The customary gallery of managers and scouts assembled to watch on a night when a chill , blustery wind made the measurement of passes difficult with the result that the match and Rovers in particular took time to warm up - until the 20th minute . |
| 23 | A reshaped back four took time to settle and Swindon could have had the points wrapped up inside half hour . |
| 24 | As the autumn of 1797 approached time was already running out . |
| 25 | Both needed time to develop their separate objectives and political identities — which , by the nature of their oppressions , were different , even though they both were under the umbrella of EOP . |
| 26 | They both needed time to themselves . |
| 27 | And it must have been the fever , Isabel decided a long time later , when she at last had time to sit down and rest . |
| 28 | And as the 1950s ended time was running out on both of these scores , as became increasingly evident during the later years of Macmillan 's premiership . |