Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I was bored to tears and I was eating whole time |
| 2 | My reply was , ‘ Oh , please promote me — I was fired last time ! ’ |
| 3 | Oh I 'm really pleased about that , cos last time on a , I was really disappointed I 'd been refused the course cos I thought oh , it 'll be right up my street that , cos when I was teaching full time I was quite into these er computers at the beginning and the one that went |
| 4 | ‘ I was reminded of this a year ago when I was spending some time with one of my sisters . |
| 5 | Although I was still barely into my teens when I was spending this time with Maureen tending sick birds , I learned a lot about general care and identification — even if we failed to spot our Russian defector . |
| 6 | I was lucky , I could afford to do it because I was working full time as a youth training officer . |
| 7 | I was making good time when my eye was caught by a small , wooden sign , on which was written , ‘ Harristown Dolmen ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Was n't it you she was teasing that time , when the bees came out ? |
| 9 | She was awakened some time later by the sound of Fen 's voice and his hand briefly shaking her by the shoulder . |
| 10 | US officials admit that they knew about the coup plans as early as last Saturday , but say they were given little time to judge its chances of success or to plan any US involvement . |
| 11 | No they 've been banned from taking them in in case they clobbered anyone with them you see oh they were banned some time ago , as were flags they used to carry flags at one time and rattles , but er they do n't let you take anything in . |
| 12 | ‘ It was arranged some time ago . ’ |
| 13 | The auction was set to begin at one and it was nearing that time when Cornelius finally met up once more with Tuppe . |
| 14 | Unfortunately we were not able to meet all the requirements for County support and it was decided some time ago that we would go ahead with an experimental opening without it . |
| 15 | It was given this time under the English title of the music , Children 's Corner , and de Valois insisted on the ballet 's being redesigned . |
| 16 | I stopped working because I decided that the only way to make it was to go full time . |
| 17 | It was to take some time before a distinct and overall Sussex people could be forged by the strength of the rulers . |
| 18 | Yanto continued , ‘ it was built same time as the castle . |
| 19 | So that is the position as it was agreed last time and this report really says that . |
| 20 | It was held that time was not of the essence . |
| 21 | It was held that time was of the essence . |
| 22 | In relation to recording on the file it was held that time spent in preparing typed file and attendance notes should be recorded , and will be recovered , provided that the time spent is not excessive . |
| 23 | and Scott 's a bit more sensitive like , you know , because he was crying last time , Laura said he was nearly crying over it |
| 24 | He still had a low boredom threshold — which was why he was spending less time going to Equity Council meetings . |
| 25 | He was woken some time later by being kicked in the backside quite painfully . |