Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 Even if teachers were given the time and opportunity to develop their professional lives in the ways they felt most suitable , the questions and dilemmas that face them are so many and so deep that it is indeed a daunting task .
2 As it is now three years since the present display team was formed the time has come for an audition to be held , this will be early in the autumn .
3 And you was given a time to go in to sign on .
4 Flat fields interspersed by dykes gleaming in the June sunshine spread as far as the eye could see and skylarks hovered and trilled overhead , but Nails , cautiously taking it all in , was given no time for comment .
5 She was given no time to protest , as he found her mouth with his , and pressed her hard against him .
6 THERE were angry scenes outside Inverness Sheriff Court yesterday when a new age traveller was given no time to pay a £500 fine and jailed for 14 days .
7 The high jump record of the Sixties was broken every time Cliff Huxford went into merciless action for Southampton .
8 Time zero was considered the time of completion of the test meal .
9 Of public concern in the past about football crowds he said : ‘ With the best will in the world , the centre of the town was affected every time there was a major home game at Airdrie , attracting a large travelling support .
10 Thus was introduced the time when the Created God ceased to be produced solely from all that was good in the struggle for existence , and entered the period , still going on , when mankind itself began to influence the nature of that God .
11 Each member of staff was allocated a time on the machine , and Chief Manager Roddy Reid pledged £25 provided staff reached the target of 100 miles .
12 The former Premier , who took Britain into Europe , was hissed every time his face appeared on giant screens .
13 Once the initial problems encountered during the first run of six aircraft had been overcome , it was assured the time limit could be met .
14 It should have been no surprise : Johnson scored two of the goals in last season 's play-off final against Brighton and was booed every time he touched the ball by home fans with good memories .
15 Beasant , 33 , was booed every time he touched the ball after his errors led to goals for Robins and Phillips .
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