Example sentences of "was [vb pp] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rumour , therefore , was given time to breed and , for my own honour 's sake and for hers , I could do nothing , nothing , but endure it … ’ |
| 2 | This explains why the general election was delayed time after time : clearly , all that mattered was the recession . |
| 3 | In his last illness Charlie Thomson was granted time to compose his mind and convey his messages . |
| 4 | M. B. I am quite candidly of the opinion that I would have left the police out of a feeling of resentment because I was overlooked time and time again for inferior men . |
| 5 | And on the other burning question that was asked time and time again — whether she will have more children — he said , digging an even deeper hole for himself : |
| 6 | She was forced time and again to face the fact that , for so many of those into whose care she was put , it was just a job . |
| 7 | So Douglas 's horn was blown time and again in the recall . |
| 8 | Although Hope was the first sportsman to convey this view , it was replicated time and time again by black footballers , athletes and boxers . |
| 9 | Lenin was quoted time and again in every article , in every monograph . |