Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hamilton 's new record of 1.06.98 eclipsed the time set by Marion Madine by 0.09 secs . |
| 2 | The English had no time to take any defensive measures , to form up into squares or hedgehogs , or even to present any unified front , before they were ridden down , trampled on , sworded , speared and completely overwhelmed . |
| 3 | In the rush for funds or to exploit the fusion fanaticism , few had the time or inclination to look beyond the surface and see the shaky foundations beneath . |
| 4 | The Conservative government which was elected in 1979 lost no time in preparing a revised development control policy . |
| 5 | No man finds it easy to sleep the night before a battle , Charlie had been told , and many used the time to write long letters to their loved ones at home ; some even had the courage to make a will . |
| 6 | As we have seen , by 1948 the British government seemed to have modified its attitude , and many thought the time to be more propitious for attempting to pull Britain more firmly within the European orbit . |
| 7 | Many had no time to save their possessions as the filthy , sewage contaminated water surged into their homes . |
| 8 | Much of this philanthropy was fuelled by religious conviction , especially by the realization of evangelical Anglicans and Nonconformists that to save souls it was necessary first to remove the poverty which so consumed lives that the poor had no time for God . |
| 9 | The end of the eighteenth century and the first years of the nineteenth brought a time of confusion and revised Swiss administration in the wake of the Napoleonic wars , and in 1803 , St Gallen 's monastery was secularised along with others in Switzerland , the new canton of St Gallen was formed , and the city became its capital . |
| 10 | The new Vigilant lost no time in making her mark when in June 1966 the Queen , after formally opening the new east wing of the London Custom House ( restored after wartime bombing ) embarked on the Vigilant at Custom House Quay for the short journey to Westminster Pier . |