Example sentences of "in [adj -er] times [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 In later times it was briefly occupied by Cromwell and by Bonnie Prince Charlie during the Rebellion of 1745 .
2 Amber has always been used predominantly for jewellery , but in later times it also served to meet a variety of personal needs such as smoking gear , rosaries and worry beads .
3 In the light of this fact it seems possible to suggest that those authors who subscribe to the former view do so because in later times it would have been only in the rarest of circumstances that one would have held the kadilik after the kazaskerlik .
4 In calmer times I try to analyse , weighing up the pros and cons .
5 But traditionally such people would have done , er and perhaps in earlier times you know , er maybe Mrs Thatcher does say some prayers , I do n't know , but maybe prayers would be said .
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