Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and Jeff were out most of the time , trying to track down the speedboat , for which a popular local search had been mounted , and he was hardly ever at the villa . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know whether this was a fund-raising ploy or whether this was for real , ’ O'Boyle said , ‘ but I thought it was for real at the time . ’ |
| 3 | Constanza was out most of the time but when she dropped in to change , there they were , rattling Italian to each other , poring over Anna 's art books — ’ Bet you 've never been inside Sant'Agnese in Oscurità ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ So we did that and I went and told everybody , because I was like sixteen at the time I did it . |
| 5 | It was like this at the time of Mum 's suicide , you police just would n't leave me alone . ’ |
| 6 | It was half-past two by the time I made it . ’ |
| 7 | He was aged fifteen at the time ; seven years later his dream came true . |
| 8 | Martia was aged twenty-two at the time we spoke to her and had two children : Sasha , sixteen months and Tanya , two months . |