Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frank was withdrawn much of the time , often sitting for hours with his blindfold down . |
| 2 | This was considered revolutionary at the time it was written ( 1955 ) , but case study after case study elsewhere in the country now suggest the same basic pattern of large estates . |
| 3 | Er and it was felt appropriate at the time that that should be indicated on the T the key diagram to be to be helpful more than nothing else . |
| 4 | Jessica 's father , like most men in his position in the Province , was watched much of the time , kept an eye on , lightly guarded . |
| 5 | Possibly because everything was so new and different that the impressions could not be fully absorbed , and also perhaps because I was tired most of the time . |
| 6 | Of course I failed on all counts and so I was ignored most of the time — passed over . |
| 7 | Their exclusion from the normal commerce of local society was perpetuated long beyond the time when leprosy had been controlled ; indeed , it was not until the nineteenth century that some Cagots finally became authentic citizens . |