Example sentences of "[was/were] in [noun prp] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then we were in Ireland during the time of what they used to call ‘ the troubles ’ . |
| 2 | Indeed , the Stamford Taurus might have been formed by early Mycenean settlers , as a representation of a Mycenean dagger carved into Stonehenge proves that people of that race were in Britain at the time . |
| 3 | used to publish what areas were going to have power cuts , d' ya remember ? , you were in Bristol at the time , er Stuart was the same , they used to publish what area would be cut off and for what time and for how long and you knew you would get cut off , sort of ten o'clock in the morning till three in the afternoon , usu , four or five hours at a time was n't it ? |
| 4 | It turns out he was in France at the time of the murder , ’ replied Bridget . |
| 5 | The English chronicler , Roger of Howden , who was in Rome at the time , saw both of them as papabile and ambitious for the papal throne . |
| 6 | She was in Australia at the time and her then husband looked at the picture and said , ‘ Oh , he 's a poof . ’ |
| 7 | Cardinal Paolo Evaristo Arns , Archbishop of Sao Paolo , was in Belgium at the time of her death and would have liked to have said her Requiem Mass . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , he was in Switzerland at the time . |
| 9 | I did not ask for more money — I was in Bayreuth at the time . ’ |
| 10 | A former British government official who was in Bonn at the time of Operation Ward declined to comment on the authenticity of the material , but told The Independent yesterday : ‘ It is obvious that if attacks are going on , you should try and get informers . ’ |
| 11 | He died and Princess Elizabeth was in Kenya at the time ! |