Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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1 | So if I wrote , ‘ The next day was a Fuesday ’ because I hit the wrong key on the typewriter , they used to leave it in , thinking that was what the kids were saying at the time ! |
2 | Now I I construe that , the way that 's constructed to mean that er when we 're say that the tide had turned against new settlements , as some districts were doing at the time this came out . |
3 | All of these changes were happening at a time when the rapid expansion of television was encouraging even greater isolation . |
4 | Thorndyke took pictures of what the cats were doing at the time they escaped . |
5 | But we also , I think , all took the view , because that was what all the signs were showing at the time , that the crunch would come later than it did , and I think that was the perceived view of anybody working in Whitehall at that stage . |
6 | It was what the Americans would call a ‘ company town ’ , and is worth seeing as an example of what enlightened employers were doing at the time . |
7 | Although they might have been relatively cheap to build they were expensive to maintain , a point that some experts were putting at the time . |
8 | It is wise to remember that these men were competing at a time when the black presence was of only tiny significance . |
9 | Security and crowd control video cameras were recording at the time of Saturday 's attack , but cut out when the fire blew the electricity supply . |
10 | Gene Miles , who along with Dean Bell , has provided the solidity for Wigan to batter opponents into submission so often this season , explained the significance of the December get-together : ‘ The injuries were clearing at the time of the team meeting and we put everything into winning games around Christmas and New Year . |
11 | ‘ I got my chemistry degree and like everybody else I applied for whatever jobs were going at the time . |