Example sentences of "was [adv] [vb pp] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defendants were liable to a penalty clause in the main contract if the work was not completed on time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | a document connected with the appeal was not received in time by one of the parties or their representative ; |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The rent from June 1986 , just six months after taking over , was not paid on time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was carefully controlled by time and by geography — a day divided into three eight-hour slots . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Birch was also a great believer in the corrosion-resistant qualities of cast-iron columns , and this confidence was fully vindicated by time . |