Example sentences of "it [vb past] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember myself , one time we had we had two grand fields and it were They were almost ripe when it came an awful time of rain , and they were just a sort of flattened . |
| 2 | It seemed a good time to make my excuses and leave , and I did both . ’ |
| 3 | It seemed a right time , a right moment to ask Shama another question which had been haunting me . |
| 4 | It seemed a long time since she had been out of her apartment , longer still since she had taken a walk . |
| 5 | It seemed a long time before the railway lines began to shake , and they heard the train coming . |
| 6 | It seemed a long time since she had stood there watching the boats and noticing how brief lack of caution led to trouble . |
| 7 | It seemed a long time since Dana 's phone call had brought Roman Wyatt into her life and she badly needed to be by herself to think about the turmoil he had caused in her ordered existence . |
| 8 | It seemed a long time before anyone answered and she felt rather stupid standing there with the bottles . |
| 9 | It seemed a long time since the small breakfast that was served in Spain , and in the end Felipe put a portion of each on her plate . |
| 10 | The part of her story about the pressure of Government cuts was true , and it seemed a long time since she 'd existed in a world that was n't penny-pinching . |
| 11 | It seemed a long time before footsteps came along the hall , the door was pushed wider and Guy appeared with an armful of logs . |
| 12 | It seemed a long time when I was a little girl , ’ added Mrs Teasdale . |
| 13 | But it seemed a long time . |
| 14 | The moon was full , the sky clear ; it seemed an ideal time for the manifestation of ghosts . |
| 15 | ‘ We are always busy here , and it seemed the right time to start planning for an extension , ’ she said . |
| 16 | There was something I did n't tell you at your father 's funeral because it seemed the wrong time , but two days after he died , I received a letter from him . |
| 17 | I think they 'd always sort of wanted to go and explore , yes , and it seemed the ideal time , the boys were just about school age , erm , sort of you could well . |
| 18 | It happened every single time and it is very upsetting indeed . |
| 19 | ‘ It happened a long time ago , my dear , when we were quite small , romping in the wood . |
| 20 | I did n't enjoy it when it happened the first time . |
| 21 | Already he had spent an hour wandering around the town — it needed no more time than that — trying to get the feel of the place . |
| 22 | It rang a long time before a woman 's voice answered — the same woman . |
| 23 | It took a little time for him to realise that ‘ Bovril ’ was not a local retailer . |
| 24 | In the provinces it took a little time before London fashions were adopted . |
| 25 | It took a little time to find the girl who had been moved and was not in the room that the Sub-lieutenant had told him how to find . |
| 26 | It took a little time , but he drank the lot and went back to sleep . |
| 27 | It took a little time for employers to depersonalize personal computers . |
| 28 | Since he was n't sure of the date , it took a little time , but there was no missing it when he found the right volume . |
| 29 | It took a little time , and without the guidance she would never have found it in a million years . |
| 30 | After leaving the Navy , it took a little time to become used to a normal bed again , as the hammock had proved to be such an ideal sleeping arrangement . |