Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] [adj] time [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was normally polite , and expedient , to pay respects to the military commander of an area on first arriving , but this was the only time when we were actually frog-marched off to meet him before we had time to draw breath . |
| 2 | It was the only time when he was intimate with his hero Temple . |
| 3 | ‘ We made it up between us , ’ she said , ‘ and it was the first time ever we two met outside these walls . |
| 4 | It was the one time when he doubted William Temple . |
| 5 | Well it was but that was a long time ago I started that , it was tucked inside the book thank you . |
| 6 | So it was a short time later she found herself under the hard eyes of Sister Mary , the large nun she remembered from last night , and her very hard hand . |
| 7 | Big stock boats came from Russia and Germany for the salted Herring and it was a busy time when they were loading . |