Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] was [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In place of a sermon there was a time of quiet in which women present spoke to the theme of ‘ creation ’ , some from the perspective of giving birth . |
| 2 | Well every bonfire night it was the time for most people to get rid of the fleas and the mattresses and er and bonfire night we used to come just right . |
| 3 | We had no telephone , and in any case there was no time to call a doctor . |
| 4 | In any case there was no time left to make his infusion before the assay : he left his blackthorn blossoms , cleansed of all thorns and husks , waiting in a clean vessel for his return , and covered from any floating particles of dust by a linen cloth . |
| 5 | The Piaroa recognize marriage exchange as an exceedingly dangerous principle to act upon , a lesson they receive from the events of the mythic past which was a time when each marriage alliance between strangers carried in its wake a deadly competition for the poisonous cultural capabilities of predation . |
| 6 | This last point is particularly pertinent to the issue of how responsibilities between kin have changed , because the idea persists that in the past there was a time when ‘ the family ’ had a stronger sense of responsibility towards looking after its young , old and sick members . |
| 7 | In this encounter there was no time for swordplay or skill . |
| 8 | In their present situation there was no time to worry about such things . |
| 9 | At the end of the number there was a time signal followed by a commercial about a breakfast food . |
| 10 | After Diocletian had surrendered power there was a time of confusion until Constantine the Great became Emperor in 324 . |
| 11 | We had the greatest difficulty in cleaning and recording it in the very limited time available , and in fact there was no time to draw it . |