Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [vb pp] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 b ) any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed ( including , in the case of a new Clause or new Schedule which has been read a second time , the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill ) ;
2 Ordered , That , in respect of the Welsh Development Agency Bill , notices of Amendments , new Clauses and new Schedules to be moved in Committee may be accepted by the Clerks at the Table before the Bill has been read a second time .
3 That , in respect of the Stamp Duty ( Temporary Provisions ) Bill , Notices of Amendments , new Clauses and new Schedules to be moved in Committee may be accepted by the Clerks at the Table before the Bill has been read a second time .
4 Ordered , That , in respect of the Social Security ( Mortgage Interest Payments ) Bill , notices of Amendments , new Clauses and new Schedules to be moved in Committee may be accepted by the Clerks at the Table before the Bill has been read a second time .
5 Following a battery of aptitude tests , those who were fortunate enough to be interviewed were promised a full time position in Banking with career opportunities commensurate with their ability and commitment .
6 But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got .
7 ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago .
8 Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension .
9 The parents of the 33 children who had not recovered were interviewed a second time to answer the question whether the constipation/soiling problems had persisted or recurred , because we were not able to determine this from the initial questionnaire .
10 This looks to have been painted a long time ago . ’
11 The cottage , he told Marshall , had been built the same time as the farm .
12 He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person .
13 It had been worn the last time the Mendozas beat the O'Briens in the Open and on every occasion they had met since .
14 Harbury surmised that he had more reason than anybody : he had been severely demoted , he had been given a rough time and he was partly responsible for Martin Ayling selling to MacQuillan .
15 Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned .
16 But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before .
17 He had been defeated the first time , but that foray into the arena had taught him a lot .
18 Where direct rule had been established a long time — in India , for example — it provided a framework in which there could grow an acceptance of European ideas of political organization .
19 for everything had been bought a long time ago
20 ‘ Therese and Loulou , ’ said Giles , ‘ have been married a long time .
21 That 's been gone a long time now .
22 He 's been gone a long time
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