Example sentences of "it was [det] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was that time of year when England began to prepare for the Guy Fawkes celebrations of 5 November . |
| 2 | But there was not a sound : it was that time in the afternoon when Mrs Prynn was down in the village , Sir Gregory and Amyas were at their books , and the ladies in their chambers . |
| 3 | It was some time since Lilian 's birth . |
| 4 | But more likely it was some time in London . |
| 5 | ‘ This all needed careful sorting , particularly the contents of the deed boxes , and with little space available , it was some time in 1925 before the job was complete . |
| 6 | ‘ I think it was some time in the seventies , ’ said Ken . |
| 7 | Literally translated , Vogelsang means ‘ bird song ’ , but it was some time before the dawn chorus when the Squadron Sergeant Major bawled out the orders for reveille . |
| 8 | It was some time before the fashion magazines and newspapers started to write about this street culture , but when THE FACE wrote a big feature on the subject in its July 1983 issue the floodgates opened . |
| 9 | The city was in mourning for Marie-Thérèse de Bourbon ( first wife of the Dauphin Louis ) and it was some time before the prospect of playing at court arose . |
| 10 | It was some time after making his first confession that he bumped into a pupil in Addison 's Walk . |
| 11 | It was some time after the construction of the capital 's tramway system , and it may well be that the true origins of the tale lay in a superstitious dread of this foreign technology . |
| 12 | He had been a reporter then and it was some time after their first meeting that he had begun his campaign to highlight the plight of the poor . |
| 13 | It was some time after ten o'clock that I strolled through the gate on to the terrace . |
| 14 | It was some time after eleven when noises were made about turning in , though as everyone stood up , to her surprise , though not anyone else 's , Travis said he was n't ready for bed yet and was going out . |
| 15 | When Harriet once again saw her daughter off at Penzance station it was this time with a sense of relief . |
| 16 | It was any time between nine and one , depending on what had to be done . |