Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it declined to say how much money it got this time , its four backers , the Mayfield Fund , Institutional Venture Partners , Menlo Ventures and St Paul Venture Capital , are now into it to the tune of $12.2m total . |
| 2 | It became 50 times more sensitive . |
| 3 | Like many other coastal shipping companies it met hard times after the First World War , when motor lorries began taking the general cargoes that used to go by sea to all the little ports . |
| 4 | As well as being practical , the end result will look as if it cost many times as much . |
| 5 | It seemed that time might stand still forever . |
| 6 | ’ It seemed that time scales were important to him . |
| 7 | It happened many times over a period of weeks and , between the … visitations … there were moments when she doubted her own sanity . |
| 8 | It happened three times while I was there , each in very similar circumstances . |
| 9 | ‘ The police seem to think it happened some time after midnight last night . ’ |
| 10 | Erm well it happened some time between about two and six |
| 11 | Duales System Deutschland ( DSD ) , the organization set up by industry to comply with a law requiring manufacturers to recycle packaging , has succeeded in dealing with paper , aliminium and glass , but it collected four times more plastic rubbish than it could cope with . |
| 12 | Apparently it began some time last night . ’ |
| 13 | Whether this means that life originated just once , or that it originated many times , each origin acquiring a different code , but that one origin gave rise to more successful competitors , we do not know . |
| 14 | Probably it originated many times by independent ‘ mutation ’ . |
| 15 | And it rang three times every night for three weeks … to take their temperature . |
| 16 | It rang three times . |
| 17 | In the spirit of affability , may I congratulate the Government on one of the changes that they made some time ago , in which they followed fairly accurately the views expressed in early-day motion 488 , which noted that when ’ the Social Fund cold weather payments scheme trigger mechanism was put to a serious test it collapsed three times under the weight of its own absurdity the scheme is inadequate , inefficiently targeted and wasteful as the cost of advertising and administration are unjustifiably high ; and urges a new saving limit of £3,000 that would create a fully automatic scheme ’ . |
| 18 | Shoving the key in the ignition , she twisted it , and , much to her surprise — and perhaps disappointment ? — it started first time . |
| 19 | ‘ This is how it started last time . ’ |
| 20 | It worked last time … |
| 21 | So because it worked last time I used it . |
| 22 | ‘ Ah well , it worked last time , I suppose . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It worked last time . |
| 24 | And I heard a lot about how well it worked last time . ’ |
| 25 | It kept good time . |
| 26 | Ms Gordon said the recruitment agencies were enthusiastic about broking as it meant less time was spent pairing applicants with jobs . |
| 27 | It took little time to decide that her new mama was just like the doll , with her big blue eyes , and her made up face and blonde hair . |
| 28 | It took considerable time here for the work of the CAB to be understood but its place is now firmly established . |
| 29 | It took considerable time to charge the palladium fully and Fleischmann was in Britain when , one night , Pons ' son was sent to the laboratory to reduce the current . |
| 30 | Praxis says it took less time to install the ANDF version of the program than the 15 minutes it takes to compile the C sources of Wingz . |