Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each month lots were drawn for the names of the next families to leave , and the fortunate ones were given only a short time to make their final preparations . |
| 2 | Wolfgang , meanwhile , was having rather a good time in Vienna on his own , staying sometimes with his friends Leutgeb the horn-player and the Puchbergs , who kept him fed , and going out drinking with an old friend , Emmanuel Schikaneder , an actor , singer , writer and producer and the manager of the Theater auf der Wieden in the suburbs . |
| 3 | Each was dramatic and each was followed only a short time later by a key Congressional vote . ’ |
| 4 | The sixty-two year old man 's body was discovered just a short time after he went missing from his ward . |
| 5 | He was certified dead a short time later . |