Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Swans are playing some outstanding rugby these days and , although they were given a hard time of it against Dunvant in the last round , it is always difficult to combat gritty opponents who feel they have nothing to lose . |
| 2 | Town 's first Easter delight came on saturday against Luton at the County Ground … they were given a tough time in this one … a draw would have been a good result … a fair one too … but thanks to Paul Bodin the full-back with a golden boot they went and snatched a win … |
| 3 | ‘ On the way home , we were approached a second time , by an Me 109 . |
| 4 | The parents of the 33 children who had not recovered were interviewed a second time to answer the question whether the constipation/soiling problems had persisted or recurred , because we were not able to determine this from the initial questionnaire . |
| 5 | Some conversions that were done a long time ago would not pass today 's stringent building regulations . |
| 6 | The comments above by Sisam ( 1915 ) and Hall ( 1920 ) arise directly from Skeats 's views , and , although these comments were made a long time ago , it would be a mistake to think that the Anglo-Norman argument has now been abandoned . |
| 7 | These points were made a long time ago by Kahn-Freund in ( 1940–1 ) 4 MLR 221 , but have never been satisfactorily answered . |
| 8 | Following a battery of aptitude tests , those who were fortunate enough to be interviewed were promised a full time position in Banking with career opportunities commensurate with their ability and commitment . |
| 9 | And thoughts that were thought a long time ago are as dead as old Squeez-Ee detergent bottles , and as slow to biodegrade . |
| 10 | They were gone a long time . |
| 11 | It may be that there is now enough information available to answer questions that were asked a long time ago but never answered . |
| 12 | Following further unacceptable behaviour , breach proceedings were started a second time , and the appellant absconded from the hostel ; he was eventually arrested and committed to the Crown Court to be dealt with for the original offences . |
| 13 | ‘ But we were drunk the whole time on the aphrodisiac of youth . ’ |
| 14 | Anyway , my worst fears about Barny were confirmed the first time I tried to put a leash on him . |
| 15 | DEC 's Alpha , meanwhile , was given a hard time for being late into the market . |
| 16 | Iain Christie , chairman of the processing group , said : ‘ This promotion was arranged a long time ago , before this import situation surfaced . |
| 17 | Can only assume this was designed a long time ago , say roughly 1983 ; surely even Peter Snow must now realise that a Labour landslide is rather more likely than a Tory one . |
| 18 | This leaven was added the next time baking bread was done . |
| 19 | If a person who was occupied a considerable time in a search gave an additional fee to the parish clerk , saying , ‘ I wish to make you some compensation for your time , ’ that would be a voluntary payment . |
| 20 | If a person who was occupied a considerable time in a search gave an additional fee to the parish clerk , saying , ‘ I wish to make you some compensation for your time , ’ that would be a voluntary payment . |
| 21 | This was resolved a short time later when an unstable product of a short-term incubation of arachidonic acid with cyclo-oxygenase prepared from the vesicular gland of sheep was found to induce platelet aggregation ( Willis & Kuhn , 1973 ) . |
| 22 | Tonight , social services said nothing was done the first time because nobody believed the complaints . |
| 23 | It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’ |
| 24 | And so these two brothers , they both got back on , but unfortunately er Les , he was made a full time official of the miners , when he retired , full time official of the miners union . |
| 25 | The estate was sold a long time ago to the Dukes of Devonshire and was tenanted at one time by the Reverend Thomas Fosbroke , the celebrated antiquary . |
| 26 | After it was found a second time — minus the tools — Mr Brettel , 48 , of Ash , Hants , said : ‘ I thought they were winding me up . |
| 27 | The old city was abandoned a second time , given over to romantics , theorists , transients and dogs . |
| 28 | ‘ When I step back from it all , I see tennis was invented a long time ago . |
| 29 | Councillor Woodhead was arrested a short time after his mayor-making ceremony at Billingham Forum last Wednesday and charged with assaulting his wife Doreen . |
| 30 | Brown Owl was gone a long time , but at last she came back , and leaning on her arm and limping was the pilot of the plane . |