Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this was happening at a time when the Canadian Northern Railway was creating , in effect , a third transcontinental railway , built on much more economical lines than the exceptionally expensive and high-quality GTP . |
| 2 | All this was happening at a time of deep recession worsening by the day with unemployment rising to two and a half million , redundancies up by forty percent in the first four months of ninety one . |
| 3 | What we had at Maastricht was old hat ; it was living in a time warp . |
| 4 | In the Soviet Union popular support for the manned space programme was dwindling at a time of great economic hardship and political uncertainty for the majority of the population . |
| 5 | The authorities ' ability to pay for reforms was diminishing at a time when the gentry 's lack of enthusiasm for restructuring their finances was as great as ever . |
| 6 | When Maddren was appointed manager , he sent for Pallister , who was working as a time clerk and playing non-League football . |