Example sentences of "was [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So it was do-it-yourself time , ’ says bill , ‘ and , with the help of my father , we did just that . |
| 2 | Books were few , but there was ample time to write ; as Coleridge , proficient in German after two months , put it : ‘ He seems to have employed more time in writing English than in studying German . ’ |
| 3 | It was a Michaelmas Day or at least the old erm Quarter Day for paying rents and erm it was generally known in those days as muck spreading because erm it was usual time for erm , the farm workers to get ready for the winter ploughing . |
| 4 | Franchises were re-allocated by competition in 1964 , 1967 and 1981 , and although there was each time a public invitation and a grand interview , the procedure involved a good deal of preliminary contact and discussion , not least about such important but apparently secondary factors as studio locations and offices . |
| 5 | He applied four times for permanent posts in Cambridge , but was each time unsuccessful ; it was feared that he would alarm and discourage his pupils , particularly the weaker sort . |
| 6 | Small wonder that there was little time or taste for theorizing about ideal forms of secondary education . |
| 7 | It may seem harsh to criticize the Labour government for its inner-urban Policy at the end of the 1970s — there was little time for the introduction of a comprehensive programme of action towards the cities before the political realities of the 1979 election . |
| 8 | There was little time for dalliance when we came out from Sunday School as I was expected to be home for tea at half-past four . |
| 9 | The pupils all began looking round at each other and Mildred knew there was little time before someone recognized her . |
| 10 | There was little time to stand admiring the view of this or that season when there was a big farm to run and a house and family to be looked after . |
| 11 | There was little time to reflect on the implications as Prince Charles had already asked her to Balmoral for the weekend of the Braemar Games early in September . |
| 12 | It was a miserable moment but there was little time to reflect on the tragedy . |
| 13 | The imperial preference aspect was important because it might arrest the trends pulling the Empire apart ; reciprocity had shown the danger and there was little time left to halt the slide . |
| 14 | There was little time left before his meeting with Merymose , so he did not return to his house , but took a circuitous route which would bring him to their rendezvous at the moment the sun touched the top of the western cliffs . |
| 15 | After the fall of France in June 1940 there was little time to think about the shape of the post-war world . |
| 16 | Over the next few days , as the rush to load the Broompark became more frantic , there was little time for anything except work . |
| 17 | There was little time for thinking as they progressed lower down this new valley . |
| 18 | The essence of his difficulty was that time and change imply that the same thing can have contradictory properties — it can be , say , hot and cold , depending on the time — and this conflicted with the rule that nothing can possess incompatible attributes . |
| 19 | It was that time of year when England began to prepare for the Guy Fawkes celebrations of 5 November . |
| 20 | But there was not a sound : it was that time in the afternoon when Mrs Prynn was down in the village , Sir Gregory and Amyas were at their books , and the ladies in their chambers . |
| 21 | The received military wisdom on prisoners was that time was on the captor 's side . |
| 22 | And it was high time she retired . |
| 23 | It was high time for a fresh interpretation . |
| 24 | After a decade of being made to feel that you were somehow lacking as a person if you did n't manage to cram thrice-weekly workouts into your schedule , it was high time that a good reason not to exercise emerged . |
| 25 | It was high time she got down to serious thought about her doctorate . |
| 26 | Sadly , over the years , it has been far too easy for men such as Beck to infiltrate the sloppy system used by many local authorities and it was high time that the Government took steps to prevent further scandals . |
| 27 | It was high time for Benjamin to get married then — he had waited long enough . |
| 28 | It was high time ad men abandoned their prudish stance and accepted the British public was ready to take the journey round that long hidden bend . |
| 29 | While some participants argued that values such as freedom of the press and freedom of expression were ‘ western ’ ideas which robbed Africa of its authenticity , others reacted sharply by arguing that it was high time to consolidate democratic societies which are founded on inalienable rights . |
| 30 | While some participants argued that values such as freedom of the press and freedom of expression were ‘ western ’ ideas which robbed Africa of its authenticity , others reacted sharply by arguing that it was high time to consolidate democratic societies which are founded on inalienable rights . |