Example sentences of "it was [adj] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was possible at this time to cross the harbour by stepping from one boat to another , so closely were they moored . |
| 2 | L.G.M. Rees , the pilot of the Sunderland reported : ‘ My aircraft was launched at last light the evening before the sortie since it was dangerous at that time to leave an aircraft on moorings in daylight where it could be easy prey to enemy aircraft . |
| 3 | I thought it was kingly for some time . |
| 4 | It 's a terraced house and er , it 's double storey , two floors up and er , it was well-used at that time because the reason was one er , there was n't much accommodation available and secondly it is the custom amongst our people that who 's ever er is in need we have the person , like the two of us came from India , my brother and myself , so we di could n't get a job . |
| 5 | This polychrome type of design seems to have been invented at Knossos , where it was fashionable for some time before it was adopted generally in the east of Crete . |
| 6 | It was fashionable at one time to see this process crudely in terms of mere military subjugation . |