Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A complementary body of work was carried out at this time by Flavell and his colleagues ( 1981 ) . |
| 2 | After taking a series of measurements I put a numbered ring on each bird 's leg so that if one came to grief and was picked up at some time in the future , its identity could be established . |
| 3 | ( The fact that a huge lorry was passing by at that time must have been coincidental , I 'm sure . ) |
| 4 | Then I drove into his space well then somebody else came and drove in behind me and the car in front then was sort of , oh yeah , then somebody else came and reversed in in front of him , so the car in front it was across the drive was boxed in by this time , I did n't box him in I just |
| 5 | Mum was getting on by this time and her own health was n't excellent , and I moved to Manchester so we could be near the RMCH where they do a vast amount with CF. We hired a retired nurse to act as housekeeper and she did his physio when I was n't there , and between us we managed to keep him going . ’ |