Example sentences of "[pron] were time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were times , as Mhoira once wryly remarked , when she wished she could join the Masons or even use the gents ' lavatory . |
| 2 | But there were times when the superintendent 's hat sat a trifle uneasily on the severe grey-haired head . |
| 3 | There were times when I was starting in at the cattle that it stood between me and the road . |
| 4 | His trip here was a homecoming , and there were times when I could see in his eyes that he was reliving his first memories . |
| 5 | There were times when the bikes were a pain but , also times when they were of great benefit . |
| 6 | Even so , there were times when Philippa crumpled under the strain . |
| 7 | Admittedly , there were times for her when it all became too much , when the intrusion and the invasion were a strain . |
| 8 | Off the pitch he gave much time to helping young players , while on it his play was never selfish , always for the team rather than his average ; and there were times when he batted in great pain rather than let the side down . |
| 9 | There were times when his own belief in himself as a great player could backfire on him if he failed to realize that he was having an off day , and he could look stubborn and bloody-minded as a result . |
| 10 | There were times at the Oval when both sides had thoughts of winning ; at one point the bookmakers quoted 100 to 1 against a West Indies victory , but a day later they were 5 to 4 when England 's Pythonesque second innings was at its nadir . |
| 11 | There were times when the ministry of her Son left her feeling cut out of the action , and she was amazed and perhaps frightened at what she had unleashed on the world . |
| 12 | There were times when he suspected he was just a meal ticket to her . |
| 13 | There were times , though , when he rather hoped a working-class bloke would take a shine to his wife and beat the hell out of her . |
| 14 | ‘ There were times when he was n't right in the head . |
| 15 | There were times when running was the wisest choice . |
| 16 | There were times when his grandma or his aunties made trouble for him behind his back , or when someone would comment on his lack of height and Sweetheart would punish him for the embarrassment he caused her . |
| 17 | Against her creamy paleness his hand was a thin brown intruder , and he knew there were times when she despised him for his swarthy colouring . |
| 18 | Indeed , there were times when his gratitude pressed down on him like a crushing burden slumped across his shoulders . |
| 19 | On these more expensive versions the steering 's power assistance also varies with speed but there were times when this felt a touch too sensitive . |
| 20 | There were times during the other quarter-final when a repeat win for Wright over Devoy seemed possible . |
| 21 | There were times when we wished that there had been a cash element but it is not sensible for any bank to pay out cash at this time . |
| 22 | There were times , however , when the difficulties were eased — when religious inspiration or tangible threats from abroad led people to commit both their resources and their persons to fight . |
| 23 | There were times when Blackadder allowed himself to see clearly that he would end his working life , that was to say his conscious thinking life , in this task , that all his thoughts would have been another man 's thoughts , all his work another man 's work . |
| 24 | There were times during his illness , he told me , when he was happier than he 'd been since he was a child . |
| 25 | There were times in 1971 when the crowd became quite bad-mannered , for example clapping when Lee missed a putt . |
| 26 | Anyone could see that there were times when he drank far more than was good for him . |
| 27 | She had been so pleasant since Donald 's death that there were times when he could not believe that he was planning to murder her . |
| 28 | ‘ There were times when things were a bit tense because they were having to do so much for themselves . |
| 29 | And there were times indeed , I think , that the effect of the very strong resistance to public-expenditure cuts and then the promulgation of an alternative economic strategy , which I myself was much concerned with , did have a very considerable effect . |
| 30 | There were times , however , when I felt that something , more active , more positive was needed , to be much used later in the year . |