Example sentences of "[was/were] not [vb pp] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other groups of reptiles were not exterminated at this time , even though their fossils may be found in rocks as old as those that yield dinosaurs and the other spectacular , extinct groups . |
| 2 | Well he gives the example of a contemporary member of parliament , Mister Andrew Marvel who apparently was erm , because members of parliament were not paid at this time , he was sponsored by his constituents , so they subscribed to a he was so good they managed to subscribe to and he thinks that this is the ideal solution , if someone is really worthwhile , then their constituents would be happy to pay their salary directly , rather than , than have salaried jobs . |
| 3 | A , b , This classification assumes that the fossil groups are related to one or other of the Recent agnathans ( galeaspids were not known at this time ) . |
| 4 | Virus shedding was not observed at any time during treatment . |
| 5 | This was then subsequently taken over by Oatridge College and this department was not involved at that time . |
| 6 | Information sources ? — which either went by a different name or was not recognised at that time . |
| 7 | They were charged that they did contrive , design and plot to murder MOIR NcILCHENICH widow of Ellister for mere avarice and covetousness to attain to her money which they supposed she had lying by her in her house and in pursuance of this plot did upon some day of April 1698 in dead time of night murder her by strangling her with her own belt and thereafter threw her body over a rock into the sea so that the deed was not discovered for some time . |
| 8 | We knew that the radio news was not transmitted at that time of day , so we decided it was just another of his silly jokes . |
| 9 | It must have been discouraging that Adieu was not thought worthy to be given at Sadler 's Wells , and that the more handsome setting which Stevenson had designed for it was not used at that time . |
| 10 | However , it was not known at that time whether the cloned cDNA segments termed brn-1 , 2 and -3 were octamer-binding proteins . |
| 11 | However , the proposed Edinburgh school was not established at that time , a fact which Clark attributed , somewhat obscurely , to ‘ the political situation ’ . |
| 12 | Resochin was not pursued at that time , but both compounds were duly registered for purposes of patenting . |