Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [was/were] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip saw a photograph of the house he 'd been to with Mrs Wright , only it was a different time of year . |
| 2 | So it was a short time later she found herself under the hard eyes of Sister Mary , the large nun she remembered from last night , and her very hard hand . |
| 3 | and so it was a lovely time . |
| 4 | And even then it was a long time before the implications of the theory for massive stars were understood . |
| 5 | Although the RAF had standard instrument panels from 1936 onwards it was a long time before the merits of this tidy arrangement really caught on in the USA . |