Example sentences of "was [adj] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was right at that time because he was , shall we say , " in season " , an exceptional pilot . |
| 2 | ‘ Working with Oaky and Osborne was right for that time , but now it 's time to move on , do something a bit different , ’ shrugs Shaun . |
| 3 | It was possible at this time to cross the harbour by stepping from one boat to another , so closely were they moored . |
| 4 | Near the end of its life the houses nearer Century Street was derelict for some time . |
| 5 | Which was interesting at that time , since it came out of a tin and not out of an office . |
| 6 | It 's a terraced house and er , it 's double storey , two floors up and er , it was well-used at that time because the reason was one er , there was n't much accommodation available and secondly it is the custom amongst our people that who 's ever er is in need we have the person , like the two of us came from India , my brother and myself , so we di could n't get a job . |
| 7 | When found , he was immediately christened ‘ Harry Lauder ’ , after the celebrated Scottish comedian who was popular at that time . |
| 8 | The top of the hill was empty at this time of day . |
| 9 | It was clear however , that neither nominal responsibility nor title was indicative of actual time spent on in-service training . |
| 10 | L.G.M. Rees , the pilot of the Sunderland reported : ‘ My aircraft was launched at last light the evening before the sortie since it was dangerous at that time to leave an aircraft on moorings in daylight where it could be easy prey to enemy aircraft . |
| 11 | ( I was glad at this time to remember that a woman in our own suburb had said to her once , ‘ I think you are the most attractive girl in the village ! ’ ) |
| 12 | And er I was unmarried at that time and erm I , for a number of , well till nineteen forty was the end of nineteen forty I think , I joined up and went into the , the R A O C as it was then , it became the the side that I was in of course . |
| 13 | Jesus treated individual women with a degree of seriousness and love that was unusual at that time . |
| 14 | That was extraordinary at that time . |
| 15 | To her horror and my shame I free fell 20 feet , landing on my back next to her , and was unconscious for some time . |
| 16 | Although C. has no recollection of the fact , Ward J. found that he was present at some time when Miss T. was expressing her wish not to have a blood transfusion . |
| 17 | The whole gamut of shell shapes , ornaments , and sutural complexity was present during this time . |
| 18 | I was confident by this time that I was safe , despite retaining my poor showing at school , but I was in a new trade — Metal Rigger — and was , by result , as good as most . |
| 19 | He was married by that time and erm living down at but I do n't think it , it would be fairly near there . |
| 20 | She was tired by this time , and unsure of her judgement : of stresses , of odds , even of personalities . |
| 21 | The dog was awake by this time , and on its feet , hackles raised . |
| 22 | Heathcliff was sixteen at this time . |
| 23 | Blyth resented his handicap bitterly ; he was ten by that time , and very active . |
| 24 | It seems clear therefore that the central administration was unable at this time to exercise effective financial control over the Forest wardens . |
| 25 | I thought it was kingly for some time . |
| 26 | He wished his mouth did n't feel so dry — the air conditioning was hellish at this time of year , but the temperature and humidity without it would be even worse . |
| 27 | For the purpose of this memoir , the details are irrelevant , and my experience was commonplace to that time of life ; but I needed to talk to someone . |
| 28 | Practitioners will be aware that transactions at an undervalue can be put aside ( Insolvency Act 1986 , s339 ) if the transferor is adjudged bankrupt within two years of the transaction or if he becomes bankrupt within five years of the transaction and was insolvent at that time or was insolvent by reason of it ( s341 ) . |
| 29 | Inside Leck Hall , Webb took full advantage of the very high quality mahogany joinery which was available at that time in Lancaster . |
| 30 | On Sunday morning Eric and I would make a trip into the pre-Alpine hills behind Verona and eat a delicious simple meal , which was all that was available at that time , in a trattoria . |