Example sentences of "it was an [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an appalling time of tyranny and religious persecution in which all classes of Scottish society , but mostly the ministers and farmers , and mainly in Ayrshire and Galloway , took the lead in resisting the final efforts of the Monarchy to install Episcopacy , many paying with their lives for adherence to their faith . |
| 2 | Now that he 's settled in and understanding the language a bit better , I thought it was an appropriate time to congratulate and welcome him to Carnoustie . |
| 3 | This study highlighted a number of problems that family farmers faced when a member of the family came to work on the farm so perhaps it was an opportune time to look at this in more detail . |
| 4 | no time but er it was an odd time because it was er , an extra week |
| 5 | It was an apt time for the old dilemma of trying to forget where you were ( while being excited by the position ) and trying not to think about the uncertainties of the morrow ( while looking forward to them ) . |
| 6 | It was an exciting time , in retrospect a brief golden age between the end of colonial rule and the point when the repressiveness of the Kanu regime grew so blatant that disillusion , new East African writer would emerge , following in the footsteps of my already famous colleague , who then called himself James Ngugi . |
| 7 | Intellectually it was an exciting time to be a research student in the English Faculty . |
| 8 | It was an exciting time for the profession . |
| 9 | It was an exciting time , a chance to experience the ‘ glory and excitement ’ of war , detached from its purpose . |
| 10 | It was an interesting time to be at the centre , for news was beginning to get through from Burma and plans for reconstruction after liberation were being drawn up . |
| 11 | A few good movies were still being made in Hollywood , and it was an interesting time there . ’ |
| 12 | It was an important time for them ; they had to prove that they were on target and ready to execute their task successfully . |