Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no reference to the key educational issue in the Queen 's speech , and Michael Stewart ( the new Secretary of State ) was obviously playing for time : ‘ I would rather wait a bit for a good comprehensive system than try to push a sham version in its place . ’ |
| 2 | The English ‘ national ’ game was largely played at times when the English nation was otherwise engaged . |
| 3 | The defendants were liable to a penalty clause in the main contract if the work was not completed on time . |
| 4 | Half of those giving a trade credit report said that payment was not received on time and two-thirds said that the situation was worse than 12 months previously . |
| 5 | a document connected with the appeal was not received in time by one of the parties or their representative ; |
| 6 | Her application was not processed in time for her to fly home on British Airways with the rest of the family so the flight was cancelled . |
| 7 | The rent from June 1986 , just six months after taking over , was not paid on time . |
| 8 | He had not realized that the boundaries of the black hole according to the two definitions would be the same , and hence so would their areas , provided the black hole had settled down to a state in which it was not changing with time . |
| 9 | I was generally pressed for time in my few day in Sydney , and did not have the opportunity to explore the graphic potential of the monoline as well as it deserved . |
| 10 | I was generally pressed for time in my few days in Sydney , and did not have the opportunity to explore the graphic potential of the monoline as well s it deserved . |
| 11 | My father was still forced from time to time to act as an interpreter , but from now on he spent much more time at home , rather than meeting his friends in the cafés for a game of cards . |
| 12 | Although the old post above Dili was still used from time to time , this port was no longer important as transports off-loaded Japanese air force and other supplies at Bancau stretching the areas to be watched by several hundred square miles . |
| 13 | It was carefully controlled by time and by geography — a day divided into three eight-hour slots . |
| 14 | The life of this normally gentle giant of a man was also punctuated from time to time by acts of sudden , often inexplicable , violence , usually associated with an over-generous intake of alcohol . |
| 15 | It was indeed waged at times with a bitterness and pettiness which did the COS no credit . |
| 16 | Birch was also a great believer in the corrosion-resistant qualities of cast-iron columns , and this confidence was fully vindicated by time . |
| 17 | Realizing there was nowhere to run in time , the Marines concentrated their fire on the crouching figures behind the guns , but they were too well protected . |