Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was joined for a short time by another dancer back from war service , Alan Carter . |
| 2 | The Shanghai stock exchange was reported by the Financial Times of Oct. 23 to have gained approval to offer for the first time to foreign investors shares worth $35,000,000-50,000,000 in the state-owned Shanghai Vacuum , the biggest quoted company on the exchange . |
| 3 | I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke . |
| 4 | The EC markets are closely linked , points out the Meat and Livestock Commission , and , although the sudden , sharp fall in UK prices was largely irrespective of other European markets , a similar move in Continental prices was expected within a short time . |
| 5 | With the academic year 1992/93 seeing the first full year of modularised courses at Napier , it was seen as an appropriate time to examine undergraduate , postgraduate , and HND courses in relation to the inclusion of enterprise/ transferable skills in course descriptors . |
| 6 | But she , you know , it was built for a long time before she got anything in it . |
| 7 | Brothers Max ( the mechanic ) and Edwin ( the engine tuner ) both raced themselves ( bikes and car rallies respectively ) but quit when it became obvious that Bradl was destined for the big time . |
| 8 | The relaxation modulus E r was measured at a standard time interval of 10 s and , is shown as a function of temperature in figure 12.1 . |
| 9 | I was relaxing for a long time . |
| 10 | In Webb the employer was allowed to put forward an explanation , which was accepted as being gender-neutral , that an employee was needed at a specific time to be trained and to cover for a period of maternity leave with the probability of being retained as a permanent employee . |
| 11 | Once examined , the church was opened for a short time so that the locals could view the remains prior to the coffin being resealed and put back ‘ as near as circumstances would admit , in status quo ’ . |
| 12 | She explained that Donald was going through a difficult time , ‘ We all have our difficult times , right ? ’ and Nathan would have to be patient with him . |
| 13 | He felt that Emerson was going through a hard time in his own life , that he was confused , that he was having marital problems , that Brazil and his family were getting him down : in other words , that Emerson was under a lot of pressure . |
| 14 | To a number of us the crucial omission was any help for industry , which was going through an appalling time . |
| 15 | It was thought for a long time that he was a Carthusian but there is no firm evidence for this . |
| 16 | IT WAS N'T a record but that grand Heriot 's FP hooker of yesteryear , Bob Tollervey , who was 16 times reserve for Scotland without ever winning a cap , could be excused for feeling that he was born at the wrong time . |
| 17 | And since , unlike many wives of city moguls , she 'd had recent experience at the sharp end of business in the City of London , she understood , only too clearly , the problems he was facing at the present time . |
| 18 | As a player Denis Smith was a concrete block of a centre half with Stoke City … and most of his career was spent in the big time … |
| 19 | Consistently the view was presented that one had to feel that the job which one was doing at a particular time could be related to some end product . |
| 20 | Further proof of the SDLP 's true nature ( if it were needed ) was provided in the Irish Times report of the Party 's 1989 annual conference in Newcastle , Co . |
| 21 | The " Baltic path " to emancipation — the landless variant — was discredited at the very time disagreements over the way forward were at their height . |
| 22 | The solemnity was heightened at the actual times of worship by the colourful splendour of clerical pomp . |
| 23 | She thought afterwards , and was to think for a long time , that it was Sophie and Teodor who saved her . |
| 24 | In a static , unchanging universe , the question of whether it has existed forever or whether it was created at a finite time in the past is really a matter for metaphysics or religion : Either theory could account for such a universe . |
| 25 | At a press conference confirming his promotion to regional inspector of constabulary from April 1 , Mr Dear denied he was leaving at an inappropriate time . |
| 26 | He was screaming for a long time before he fell , and we could hear that he was running as he screamed . |
| 27 | After the first rotary press was established at the Daily Times , that paper 's circulation soared from 25,000 in 1951 to 55,000 in 1955 ; ten years later , it reached 120,000 copies daily . |
| 28 | Kidwelly was established within a short time of the Norman Conquest , and added to by various baronial families during the reign of King Edward I and later . |
| 29 | The outcome of my work was published by the Financial Times as a feature entitled ’ The Mystery of the Al Fayeds ’ on May 31 1985 . |
| 30 | Gerard Robson , a member of the Falkland Islands ' Legislative Council , was quoted in the Financial Times of Feb. 16 as stating that Falkland Islanders would not be " overjoyed " by the Madrid agreement but recognized that matters of defence and foreign affairs were the responsibility of the UK government . |