Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] for [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are there ideas which were not right for the time but which could be revived and used , ow ? |
| 2 | Vermuyden constructed the first Bedford River , twenty-one miles long , to drain the so-called Bedford Level , and it was highly effective for a time , but the one factor the engineer failed to foresee was that the dried-out land would shrink ( see Holme Fen ) , and soon the level of the canal was above that of the surrounding land . |
| 3 | It was not bad for the time of year : February was always her cruellest month . |
| 4 | Bara , with her hint of eastern promise by way of Hollywood , was more appropriate for a time fixated on oriental and Asian culture , mysticism , dope and war . |
| 5 | As it was unusually cool for the time of year , two great carpets had been unrolled on the porch and a smattering of cushions rested invitingly against the wall . |
| 6 | I wondered whether I had said something that I could n't remember , perhaps had shrieked or whispered that I would n't go back , but Lili said she had heard it was unusually hot for the time of year and unsuitable for a run-down person . |
| 7 | The British film Genevieve ( 1953 ) was unusually piquant for the time because the old car 's destination was tacitly acknowledged to be a ‘ dirty weekend ’ in Brighton . |
| 8 | In the twelfth century marriages were generally arranged by parents , guardians or overlords , so this move was quite normal for the time , marriages being primarily matters of finance or territory , rather than of the heart . |