Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [art] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Inter City Firm from West Ham were around a long time before the Service Crew . |
| 2 | Some of them are rather like cave paintings are n't they and have they 've got this from my a sort of tedious association of the drawings and pictures and er Catherine 's it seems to be suggesting that animals were around , animals and other creatures were around a long time before human beings and that human beings are in some ways intruders therefore in their in their world . |
| 3 | This was only the fourth time on which the UN had imposed sanctions , the previous occasions being sanctions against Rhodesia , South Africa and Iraq . |
| 4 | It was scarcely an ideal time for such an event , except that this revolution has been led by an artist and by students , and the Czechs , unlike the British , treat their writers , playwrights , film-makers and students with high seriousness . |
| 5 | He told me that this was not a good time of the year to see Riga . |
| 6 | It was not a good time for him in many ways . |
| 7 | Agreed that in the proceedings on the Criminal Justice Bill the Government should advise Parliament that the present was not an opportune time for abolishing capital punishment ; and took note that the Home Secretary would define the Government 's attitude towards this question when moving the Second Reading of the Bill in the House of Commons ; |
| 8 | It was not an auspicious time for a new play to open , in any case , and the reaction of the critics was decidedly mixed — in spite , or perhaps because , of Eliot 's labours the meaning of the play remained elusive and its symbolism jarred with the realism of its setting . |
| 9 | ‘ The group did lots of creative activities and as well as fun and happiness at the meetings , there was always a quiet time for the word of God to be shared in the group . |
| 10 | One newly-qualified accountant , who is considering a trip to the Far East for a few months , said winter was traditionally a busy time for accountants because companies are preparing for their financial year-ends but the last few months had been very quiet . |
| 11 | It was also a popular time for processions of witness or walking days , when the members of churches and Sunday schools of all denominations would walk together through the streets , stopping at selected places along the route to sing hymns to bear witness to their Christian faith . |
| 12 | It was also the rising time of the women 's liberation movement ( mid-century phase ) and with it an outspoken refusal of conventional fashion . |
| 13 | Without wishing to understate what was surely a trying time for some students , I shall make two further points . |
| 14 | The early '70s ( mine is a ‘ 71 — serial number 290586 ) was n't a great time for American guitars of any ilk as far as I remember . |
| 15 | It was n't the first time in the Church and especially amongst the orthodoxly successful echelons of bishops and archdeacons , that Theodora had met a reluctance to tangle with that eminence grise , Gilbert Racy . |
| 16 | It was n't the right time of my life for concentration , it really was n't . |
| 17 | This was almost the only time during the twentieth century when Dutch rule assumed a relatively progressive face . |
| 18 | And er would you usually Was there a special time of anything that he would be told . |