Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [art] time [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for many cities jealousy of Milan was as powerful as hatred of the emperor 's control , and a rival faction formed under Pavia which was for a time loyal to Frederick — a map of the two teams shows in a fascinating way how difficult it was to love one 's neighbour in this world of riotous freedom and traditional internecine feuds . |
| 2 | They tell us that a stonemason 's third marriage at 57 was his happiest ; or that a retired doctor found ‘ life was for a time difficult ’ for lack of ‘ any special hobbies . ’ |
| 3 | On his return to the Westminster he was for a time senior house officer in the department of clinical measurement before becoming anaesthetic research registrar . |
| 4 | Mr Nearn , who was at the time sole concessionaire for the Seven , supplied the car used in the series . |
| 5 | ( It does seem a little perverse of EMI to have included with these discs the specification of the Sainte-Trinité organ as it now stands rather than as it was at the time these recordings were made . ) |
| 6 | For Christopherson it was an ‘ exciting time , especially for engineers ’ , since engineering was at the time underrepresented and low priority in the universities . |