Example sentences of "[pron] was time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , Marie Hoader tried to account for the negative consequences of unemployment in terms of five things that employment provides in our society , five sorts of experience that more and more , as we are industrialized and as more and more people are involved in working in employment , erm have come to be important and provided via employment , and we talked of two of those earlier — one 's activity and one was time structure — and you 've just raised the issue of feeling that you 're contributing to society in some way , that you 're part of a collective purpose , that you 're not just drawing things out , you 're also doing something useful with your time . |
| 2 | There was time enough for that … later . |
| 3 | But there was time now for nothing but actions . |
| 4 | There was time . |
| 5 | If there was time , a roughly made cross was placed at the head of the dead soldier holding his beret or steel helmet . |
| 6 | There was time for botanising in the Dutch countryside where Miller noticed Acorus calamus , sweet rush , in the ditches and on the banks of the Meuse growing to a height of 4 feet . |
| 7 | There was time for domestic forces to shape a new nation without the same constant vigilance of the behaviour of neighbours . |
| 8 | Back at Kabrit there was time for the planned reorganization . |
| 9 | This ensured there was time to make to love to her , an activity that would frequently fill the time as he moved from one lady 's home to another 's . |
| 10 | About half of the sixty-five guests had wandered through into the lecture hall , but since Anthea was due to give the address and she was still talking to the professor , there was time to spare . |
| 11 | Gay Switchboards have passed on information to every man who phoned in , self-help groups and caring services were set up , and — when there was time to breathe — attempts were made to persuade a reluctant government that the deaths of so many gay men was an issue worthy of their attention . |
| 12 | But he laid her down on the horsehair sofa , and said Mrs Patten would not be in yet , and there was time ; and time there was , and what had happened last night was repeated , once and then again , until she , flushed and dishevelled , pulled down her dress , and said ‘ She is coming . |
| 13 | Now he was still single and there was time for a little madness . |
| 14 | As a result , after graduation he set out into an area of research which was more leisurely paced , where there was time to reflect and find the answers without the pressures from perpetual competition . |
| 15 | We were through before there was time for nervousness . |
| 16 | But though busy , there was time to swim at least twice a day in warm water , fanned by warm breezes , with an average temperature the year round of between 70° and 80° Fahrenheit , and always against a magical scenic backdrop that never ceased to enchant me . |
| 17 | There was time to start on the parish magazines before the school bus came , a job which had reverted to Peter because he was not good at asking people to do things he did not like doing himself . |
| 18 | Well , she would take down all these curtains when there was time and get them to the launderette , but meanwhile … |
| 19 | She looked up at the clock , wondering if there was time for a pot of tea before lunch , but deciding that the second gong would sound soon , and she could wait . |
| 20 | In signing off one night , at the end of the news , there was time to mention one or two events that were being held in the region . |
| 21 | When there was time , the Princess and the movie star discovered they had nothing but lust in common . |
| 22 | Work , sport and social activities ran easily side by side , There was time for them all — after I 'd absorbed father 's time-mentality . |
| 23 | There was time to watch this game ! |
| 24 | I mean supposing women 's football did get more support and i wen and i it did become more widespread , more popular at every level , there was time , the resources to do it , do you think the things that people complained about football at the top of this programme er , the bigotry , the aggression , the rowdiness , do you think they would begin to overwhelm women 's football in the way that some of you think they 've overwhelmed men 's football ? |
| 25 | There was time enough for travel and now he wanted to watch in wonder the slow unfolding of spring beneath him . |
| 26 | There was time . |
| 27 | There was time when they had to bribe er , give some sort of er incentive to the foreman to give them a good time , then it was the shop stewards who would give the workers to the management who will do the o overtime . |
| 28 | But first there was time when reading a soccer report in a Sunday newspaper meant catching up on how many people were stabbed and how many pitches were invaded . |
| 29 | The discussions would move languidly enough , the parties being so young , and there was time to extricate either of them , or both , at whatever stage he found it desirable . |
| 30 | As she was led towards the back of it , there was time and light only for her to take in a number of doors on either side , a pervasive smell of must , dark wood panelling , and the central staircase leading to an upper gallery that ran left and right above . |