Example sentences of "was [vb pp] in [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The statues were probably made of cypress wood ; it was commented in later times that this was the most suitable material for cult images because it was so long-lasting ( Pausanias , VIII ; Theophrastus , Historia Plantarum , V ) . |
| 2 | Keith Nunn , manager , Seismic Quality , XFI , describes it as ‘ similar in many respects ’ to XFI 's first 3D survey in block 6 which was completed in record-breaking time in May ( see Technology centre spread ) . |
| 3 | It was first mentioned in 909 as Manburon , but the remains of defensive works and lake pile-dwellings indicate that it was inhabited in prehistoric times . |
| 4 | The calendar we use was developed in Roman times . |
| 5 | The 1980 Epsom Derby was won in fast time by the horse Henbit . |
| 6 | As will all reminders of the penalties of war , the true cost of this memorial was met in another time and place , but the financial charge was paid in Canada by ex-members of 431 ( Iroquois ) and 434 ( Bluenose ) Squadrons RCAF , who flew from the airfield from December 1943 until June 1945 . |
| 7 | Actually this was done in double-quick time but I can never forget the excitement and the terror of that night . |
| 8 | The procedure is designed to give a " right of reply " instead of an action for damages in cases where the media have behaved responsibly : the plaintiff can not succeed if the defendant proves that an " offer of amends " was made in good time , and is still open at the time of the trial . |
| 9 | A fine Italianate palazzo was built in Edwardian times , and by then , as in so many other places , it was in fact two stations that were required , one suburban and one for the main line . |
| 10 | The feast , which takes place in August , was celebrated in pre-Elizabethan times though its precise origin is unknown . |
| 11 | Wherever jade was used in early times it was derived from alluvial sources . |
| 12 | They had all died at roughly the same time , victims of one of those brief epidemics of cholera that continued to attack the city until the great Loch Katrine water scheme was opened in Victorian times . |
| 13 | Northampton was founded in late-Saxon times , perhaps as a planned town . |
| 14 | Luncheon was produced in double-quick time , a light snack of herrings à la Broadstairs , pies and salads . |
| 15 | Typical were two canvases bought , in a grime-covered state , at Sotheby 's New York : a ‘ Roman School , circa 1650 ’ of ‘ Hercules wrestling with the Nemean Lion ’ , for which Croce had paid £31,000 in 1988 , was bought in this time at $17,000 ( £10,625 ; est. $30,000–50,000 ) , and a ‘ Sacrifice of Isaac ’ , bought as ‘ Roman circa 1620 ’ for $66,000 , failed at $48,000 ( est. $60,000–80,000 ) . |
| 16 | The house was originally 15th century , but it was demolished in Victorian times and the present house erected . |
| 17 | It was thought in mediaeval times to have magic associations and was hung over doors on Midsummer 's Eve to ward off evil spirits . |
| 18 | The Church was born in troubled times . |
| 19 | Todd did appear in the Raiders side who beat Balmain in the Sydney Grand Final , but was replaced in extra time by Peter Jackson , who went on to score the winning try . |
| 20 | In a variety of forms it was known in ancient times . |
| 21 | Avenida Arriaga was known in former times as the Passéio Público , and there was a tradition of people meeting , talking and walking here . |
| 22 | She uses only the pinhole camera or , as it was known in pre-photographic times , the camera obscura . |
| 23 | The book was set in Victorian times . |
| 24 | Glanville Jones thinks that they may go back to pre-Roman times in many cases ; June Sheppard has shown that the estate at Marden in Herefordshire , which has Roman settlements , a Saxon palace site , and a ninth-century minster on the site of the initial burial of St Ethelbert , was almost certainly the estate attached to Sutton Walls , the pre-Roman hillfort in the area which was reoccupied in post-Roman times ( Fig. 77 ) . |
| 25 | and that in either of these cases the service or the delivery was effected in sufficient time to enable the defendant to defend . |
| 26 | The Tudor wing was constructed in Elizabethan times , and now features various permanent and temporary exhibitions . |
| 27 | The region was established in Roman times , and produces a number of wines that are highly prized by the French . |
| 28 | As well as showing how far flint was traded in prehistoric times in Britain , the analyses have shown that the largest proportion of the flint used to make axeheads was deliberately mined , in many ways like the hard rocks used for axes ( see page 106 ) . |