Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [adj] time [pers pn] were " in BNC.
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1 | " Here are the Maplin Sands , off Foulness Island , where at one time we were going to have a great new airport complex , " he said . |
2 | This would hardly have been necessary if at that time they were in a position to dictate the policy and actions of the association . |
3 | No , I do n't suppose you do now , but , but I have would off worked for local authorities , because at one time they were very poorly paid . |
4 | Papal actions , too , appeared to add further proof : after 1337 , except in 1362 and 1375 , popes no longer taxed the clergy for the benefit of the king in England , though at that time they were certainly enriching the French monarch by clerical taxes ; and while successive French kings readily obtained papal dispensations which enabled them to contract politically advantageous matches , Edward on two critical occasions — in the 1340s and 1360s — was denied such benefits . |
5 | Shortly afterwards Rollasons contacted PAS with a view to purchasing the wings from them , as at that time they were desperate for Tiger Moth wings . |