Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is as if the Poet were tackling time face to face , confronting , wrestling with time , with his Friend standing apart as the prize in the competition . |
| 2 | From long experience he knew that one of the roads to problem solving was to allow time for the sub-conscious mind to operate . |
| 3 | It is admitted that the object of the preliminary issue was to save time and money ; the compromise issue and the cancellation required to be decided in any event and if first decided and in favour of the respondents would render unnecessary any further expenditure of time and money . |
| 4 | She did so by lifting one of Chase 's Doc Martin 's ( the other was keeping time ) and pushing the joint under it . |
| 5 | The extension was to allow time for fresh nominations . |
| 6 | So Douglas 's horn was blown time and again in the recall . |
| 7 | My idea was to spend time fossicking in the gold-fields , before joining the eastbound service of the Indian-Pacific on its appointed day . |
| 8 | The purpose of the change was to save time and money , but the change is not wholly welcome , because in practice it will draw an even sharper distinction between represented and unrepresented parties . |
| 9 | This explains why the general election was delayed time after time : clearly , all that mattered was the recession . |
| 10 | Those Germans not knocked out by the week-long bombardment were given time to reach their gun positions , and they poured an unremitting enfilade of lead at the doomed British soldiers . |
| 11 | Its only value was to allow time for English Nature and the other national successor bodies to the NCC to apply " moral pressure " . |