Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lorry drivers in a transport cafe enjoying their breakfast were marooned for a time and really the best form of transport was by canoe . |
| 2 | On this occasion , however , Kaifu had resisted the move , arguing that Cabinet stability and continuity were crucial at a time when the government was under pressure from the impact of the Gulf crisis and from the collapse of the " Uruguay Round " of multinational trade negotiations . |
| 3 | The attackers gave themselves up and the incident so shocked the student fraternity that further protests were muted for a time . |
| 4 | Here , while the mood of the great hall slowly passed from them , all three were silent for a time . |
| 5 | The appetite for travel tales was insatiable at a time when so many young people were taking the chance of good fortune in lands newly opened up , often in aided emigration schemes such as Kingston himself administered . |
| 6 | If she was depressed for a time , he blamed it on the illness she had had , and was sympathetic . |
| 7 | Held : Upon an appeal by Mr Stone 's widow it was held that an occupier who intended to permit another person to enter and use the premises for a limited period of time had to give a clear indication to the other that the permission was subject to a time limit . |
| 8 | This Eurocentrism was inevitable at a time when in Europe only European history was at all well known , and Marx 's and Engels 's ‘ general ’ stages often read like little more than a generalized history of western Europe . |
| 9 | There is no broadcast equivalent to ‘ popular press ’ , though the term ‘ pop radio , was current for a time in the 1970s . |
| 10 | I was stuck in a time warp in every sense , one that encompassed my part of Cliff Top as well . |
| 11 | It is a theory whose plausibility and aesthetic attractiveness in England was considerable at a time ( the later 1970s ) when the English choral tradition was flourishing and when many sensed the need for a change of direction after the loss of David Munrow ; by a kind of happy accident it has proved to be consistent with a much wider range of evidence than was initially suspected . |
| 12 | This was important at a time when outvoters were a larger group in many constituencies than the size of the majority and when the outvoters were overwhelmingly Unionist . |
| 13 | Absorbing many of the energies that had been concentrated in Independent Producers , Korda 's London Films was able for a time to resist the drift towards cosiness . |
| 14 | Chelmer 's comeback rider Bill Bradfield was pleased with a time of 1.4.24 , while pedalling policeman Mark Kliskey crossed the line 25 seconds behind him . |
| 15 | Einstein proposed a box full of radiation with a clock-operated shutter , so arranged that it was open for a time At , letting out some radiation during this period . |
| 16 | This input of detail , with the emphasis on the need for guidance and care made the transition appear to be a period of effort , anxiety , and danger ; and such a representation was convenient at a time when social scientists , and others , were ‘ discovering ’ adolescence as a stage of life characterized by ‘ storm and stress ’ . |
| 17 | Shepherd was silent for a time , considering , then he leaned forward and set his glass down on the table at his side . |
| 18 | She sat at his bedside and was silent for a time , letting him watch her . |
| 19 | So , with the death of Ferdinand all was quiet for a time . |
| 20 | She was quiet for a time and when she spoke again her manner was more confiding . |