Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( A decade later , Johnson , on a journey to Oxford , sat in the stage-coach beside a Mrs Beresford and her daughter ; the girl was passing the time in knotting , a kind of tatting , in which coloured threads are knitted into decorative knots . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Time zero was considered the time of completion of the test meal . |
| 6 | The difficulty was finding a time to instruct them . |