Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Except Tim 's a bit older than you were at the time . |
| 32 | In consequence the Crown estates were by the time of his death probably larger than they had ever been before . |
| 33 | Many are indicated by dedications , but the circular churchyards , oratories , holy wells and inscribed memorial stones and crosses all indicate how widespread such Christian sites were by the time of the Norman Conquest . |
| 34 | On his return to the Westminster he was for a time senior house officer in the department of clinical measurement before becoming anaesthetic research registrar . |
| 35 | He had a very high reputation as a spiritual guide ( he was for a time Abbot of Bec in Normandy ) and teacher . |
| 36 | They tell us that a stonemason 's third marriage at 57 was his happiest ; or that a retired doctor found ‘ life was for a time difficult ’ for lack of ‘ any special hobbies . ’ |
| 37 | He was a prolific writer of learned articles in the Veterinarian of which he was for a time co-editor , and his classical education is reflected in his thoughtful commentaries . |
| 38 | But for many cities jealousy of Milan was as powerful as hatred of the emperor 's control , and a rival faction formed under Pavia which was for a time loyal to Frederick — a map of the two teams shows in a fascinating way how difficult it was to love one 's neighbour in this world of riotous freedom and traditional internecine feuds . |
| 39 | While Brunner 's theology was for a time regarded , especially in Britain and America , as more ‘ moderate ’ than Barth 's , and therefore preferable , he must now be regarded as the less radical and less creative of the two . |
| 40 | True , revolution was for a time a strong possibility , if not a probability ; and as true , such a revolution would of course have been seen as the means to industrial democracy by those who sought it . |
| 41 | The last ( held by Florence Nightingale and Charles Kingsley , to name only two ) was for a time more popular than the first ; and although to some extent the preventive measures suggested by each did overlap , their priorities were somewhat different . |
| 42 | He was for a time in Ireland overseeing the introduction of these changes , and he and Thomas were both given substantial pensions ( £100 each ) in 1603 . |
| 43 | Between 1821 and 1842 he took out five patents , one of them for a ‘ suspension railway ’ which was tried out unsuccessfully in Cheshunt , and two relating to a system of constructing roofs and bridge decks in corrugated wrought or cast iron , which was for a time quite extensively used . |
| 44 | He was for a time the coach at Harrow School and , from 1857 to his death , secretary of the Cricketers ' Fund Friendly Society . |
| 45 | Well , I was crazy … sure I was for a time . |
| 46 | At the end of teaching , the long street towards the centre of Cullbridge was for a time a babble of noise , with scuffles , cap-snatching and schoolboy indecencies hurled from green-blazered groups on one side to green-blazered groups on the other . |
| 47 | From late 1813 trade improved , and it was for a time in 1814 brisk again . |
| 48 | When the Foreign Office List made its first appearance " it was strongly objected to in certain quarters , as likely to afford information to the general public with regard to the office , which they thought it advisable they should not possess , and much information was for a time withheld " . |
| 49 | where a police constable ( or a traffic warden ) was for the time being engaged in the regulation of traffic |
| 50 | ‘ where a police constable ( or a traffic warden ) was for the time being engaged in the regulation of traffic ’ This offence can not be committed where the constable or traffic warden are not engaged in the regulation of traffic . |
| 51 | ‘ where a police constable ( or a traffic warden ) was for the time being engaged in the regulation of traffic ’ This point is proved by stating so in the constable 's or warden 's statement of evidence , e.g. ‘ I was engaged in the regulation of traffic to allow pedestrians to cross safely ’ . |
| 52 | He had lost his job because the club where he played the piano had to close and , though he was after another one on the switchboard in a hospice , he was for the time being at a loose end . |
| 53 | They constitute an acknowledgment by the delegates , committee and officers that the Association was for the time being inadequately organised and funded for undertaking major tasks on the national scene . |
| 54 | All right , I knew the cockroach treatment was for the time when I made my centipede on a string crawl up Shirnette 's back . |
| 55 | Immediately after the elections a subcommittee was set up by the Legislative Assembly to study the proposals , but progress was for the time being halted , after objections from the Chinese government , as reported in the Far Eastern Economic Review of Sept. 21 , 1989 . |
| 56 | In July 1857 even Kiselev believed that because emancipation with land was for the time being impossible , freeing the serfs ought to be postponed for the foreseeable future . |
| 57 | It is so time-consuming that you need to look at the end result with a very critical eye and decide whether it was worth the time it took to produce . |
| 58 | This was during a time when Taiwan 's exports to Malaysia were increasing rapidly . |
| 59 | It was during the time of Viking domination that Rognvald Kolsson began to build his magnificent , red sandstone cathedral in Kirkwall , named after martyred St Magnus , killed on the island of Eglisay in 1116 AD . |
| 60 | It was during the time the play was being crafted , and for years afterwards , that Ken was a witness to the bizarre happenings that made up this strangest of all relationships , a relationship which ended with Halliwell murdering Orton and then taking his own life . |