Example sentences of "it was during [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was during that time we all learned to play properly . |
| 2 | It was during that time the lady Primaflora was summoned to the palace at Nicosia to be scrutinised by the King 's mother . |
| 3 | I did my best , but I suppose it was during that time that I began to drink too much and that finished off my promotion chances . |
| 4 | It was during this time that he was invited to the discussions of the CIV/n group , a gathering of poets of the more serious sort — and to some extent inspired by Ezra Pound 's revitalising energies , even as its name was culled from his writings — who had just launched a new poetry magazine of that name . |
| 5 | Leonard was keen to assert his own lead in that movement , for it was during this time that he was compiling his second book ( five years after the first ) The Spice-Box Of Earth , which was published in 1961 to great critical acclaim . |
| 6 | It was during this time that as a senior staff officer of V Corps he had been involved with some of the orders to repatriate the Russian and Yugoslav prisoners . |
| 7 | It was during this time , moving from one company to another , that Haslam learned the true meaning of what it is to be an adaptable manager . |
| 8 | And it was during this time that he had lost his wife , lost his job , lost his sense of himself as a separate human soul , and in struggle worked out the theory that he was nothing but a sick character in the hands or under the pen of a malevolent Author . |
| 9 | It was during this time , when he was again near to death , than he began writing his best known book The Saint 's Everlasting Rest . |
| 10 | It was during this time that Diana found the Queen to be an ally . |
| 11 | It was during this time that Foch showed his unshakeable courage . |
| 12 | It was during this time that the Sword Masters of Hoeth gathered to study the art of swordsmanship and protect the tower . |
| 13 | It was during this time that two kinds of tenure began to dominate in Britain , owner-occupation and local authority tenancy . |
| 14 | It was during this time that two passengers attempted suicide , one with a syringe and tranquillizers , another by slashing his wrists and jumping into the sea ; both survived . |
| 15 | It was during this time that James was able to reacquaint himself with another old school chum , Malcolm Nurse . |
| 16 | It was during this time that he studied the Saxon language and the Anglo Saxon laws . |
| 17 | After National Service in the RAF , he worked for for eight years and it was during this time that he came in contact with , whilst the Belfast mill was being refurbished . |