Example sentences of "[pron] was the time " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was the time of ‘ the Troubles ’ . |
| 32 | It was the time when her mother took to the couch because she could n't stand the sight and sound of the hordes of women and children with their buckets , and the arranged fights among the urchins so that one or two of their gang could get away with some lumps of coal , which would make all the difference between having a fried meal or freezing both inside and out . |
| 33 | It was the time spent with this woman that became instrumental in deterring Millie from making her escape from this prayer-ridden , ignorant set of women , from which Mother Francis must be excluded . |
| 34 | Strategically , it was the time to do it . |
| 35 | It was the time of the sixty war . |
| 36 | It was grey and , and mustard , it sounds revolting but we , we were a bit , I suppose it was the time we had a purple carpet , we had an orange wall , do you remember that living room ? |
| 37 | ‘ It was the time when so much began , the new writing , painting , the ballet coming to London . |
| 38 | It was the time of wooden pit props and er much kneeling and laying down and hacking away at the coal with picks and there was no mining machinery as we know it now . |
| 39 | And er it was the time as they were there were popularizing a a scheme From mine to your cellar , M I N E , mine to your cellar , you see ? |
| 40 | It was the time taken for this bureaucratic grind that chewed at Forester 's patience the most — each day away from Cumbria increased the chance of his missing the conclusion of the investigation . |
| 41 | But there again er it was the time we lived in and you had certain Well yards had their own way of trying to keep track of when a guy was in a toilet etcetera and sometimes you would have to hand in y your er your time ticket , to the toilet attendant , and you would give him this ticket and he would say right you are , you know , and mark down your number on a book and say to you , well you 've got seven minutes or something you know . |
| 42 | When he came to Bristol it was the time of a developing awareness among young people . |
| 43 | Well every bonfire night it was the time for most people to get rid of the fleas and the mattresses and er and bonfire night we used to come just right . |
| 44 | It was the time that the women machinists at Ford had gone on strike for equal pay , a struggle that was to continue , intermittently , for the next eighteen years . |
| 45 | It was the time of day when the soul speaks Latin |
| 46 | If the patient was already in the hospital , it was the time when haematemesis or melaena occurred . |
| 47 | It was the time of the mods-and-rockers ’ invasion of the seaside towns . |
| 48 | It was the time of Entertaining Mr Sloane , a play Ken did n't at first see himself . |
| 49 | Right , O K , I understood it was the time factor that was , right . |
| 50 | ‘ It was the time they started sending memos out to referees , and I said straight why did n't they just get on with administration and leave us to do the bloody job on the field . |
| 51 | We thought it was the time when we could make a gesture in return . ’ |
| 52 | As I say , it was the time of harvest wi , the time of barley harvest when they arrived at Bethlehem . |
| 53 | What was the time ? 16.43 . |
| 54 | What was the time ? |
| 55 | v. What was the time of your last drink ? |
| 56 | yes and what , and I 'm , I 'm talking about nineteen eighty seven , before eighty seven what was the time schedule , I know it will vary , from development to development for the final sales so to speak , how long will it take ? , |
| 57 | The only thing that ruined the game for me was the time it took to load each room . |
| 58 | The thing that delighted both of them was the time they had achieved — 54 minutes to complete 10 miles of very tricky going . |