Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I bet I was right first time , ’ she said to Betty . |
| 2 | ‘ I was n't rude but I was n't given time to explain . ’ |
| 3 | When I was here last time . |
| 4 | When you were here last time … ’ |
| 5 | Erm , I think he said , I er , you know when I phoned erm when you were here last time |
| 6 | She was away some time , and returned looking thoughtful . |
| 7 | And we never used to we were about three times home in that er five years time . |
| 8 | So have I , it was eighteen below when we was there that time . |
| 9 | They were n't good times , of course , they were terrible , but he knew what she meant . |
| 10 | The Early Jurassic Karoo basalts of southern Africa have been reduced by erosion to an area of 50 000 km 2 , but originally they were probably ten times as extensive . |
| 11 | An inquiry into the referral and suspension of Afro-Caribbean pupils from Birmingham schools recorded that they were almost four times more likely to be suspended from secondary schools as white pupils ; even when the main reason for expulsion was common to both white and black pupils , the latter were more likely to be suspended and the inquiry alluded to a considerable level of hostility , mistrust and ‘ cultural misunderstanding ’ as between black pupils and white teachers ( CRE , 1985 ; see also Driver , 1979 ) . |
| 12 | They were hardly given time to pack their things . |
| 13 | However , whereas in 1976 foreign currency liabilities were roughly twice as large as sterling liabilities , in 1992 they were only 1.2 times greater . |
| 14 | Yes , they were very exciting times and the amazing fact is the harder and more unreasonable the senior management acted the more the ‘ masses ’ strived to please . |
| 15 | The 1377 poll-tax returns suggest that it was over three times the size of the largest provincial centres , Bristol and York , almost five times that of Coventry and six times that of Norwich ( 104 , p.1 ) . |
| 16 | It was nearly closing time , and the school party , thankfully marshalled by its young leader , was pouring vociferously out into the chill of the early evening , and heading with released shouts for its waiting coach . |
| 17 | It was around that time that I spotted an advertisement for CHE ( Campaign for Homosexual Equality ) in the personal column of the Sunday Times . |
| 18 | It was around that time that I began to foster the notion that information was being withheld , that somebody was not telling me everything . |
| 19 | It was around this time that Nick Kent started coming down to rehearsals at Riverside . |
| 20 | It was around this time that he met George Underwood who was to become a lifelong friend . |
| 21 | It was around this time that Seth began a new romance , with Susan Schilling , a preacher 's daughter he met at the dentist 's . |
| 22 | It was around this time that ‘ queer-bashing ’ began in Bath , as in the rest of Britain . |
| 23 | It was around this time that Gregory began to miss concerts spasmodically because he wanted to stay in Leeds for personal reasons . |
| 24 | It was around this time that I first discovered the darker side of ornithology — the effect of man on the environment . |
| 25 | Yet it was around this time that he settled for being an actor . |
| 26 | It was around this time that he went to collect his Mercedes from a car showroom and found himself being gathered in for the Lord . |
| 27 | As noted earlier , it was around this time that the appointment of a new teacher led to the consideration of a comprehensive study skills package from another school . |
| 28 | It was around this time there were grave doubts about what might be called the cost-effectiveness of the results achieved by Bomber Command . |
| 29 | It was around this time that the twinkle in the planner 's eye was transformed into a 20-storey tower-block . |
| 30 | Christmas Eve and New Year 's Eve are two double time cos he wanted me to work and I would n't cos it was n't double time . |