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 seemed that time might stand still forever . |
| 3 | ’ It seemed that time scales were important to him . |
| 4 | ‘ The police seem to think it happened some time after midnight last night . ’ |
| 5 | Erm well it happened some time between about two and six |
| 6 | Apparently it began some time last night . ’ |
| 7 | Shoving the key in the ignition , she twisted it , and , much to her surprise — and perhaps disappointment ? — it started first time . |
| 8 | ‘ This is how it started last time . ’ |
| 9 | It worked last time … |
| 10 | So because it worked last time I used it . |
| 11 | ‘ Ah well , it worked last time , I suppose . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It worked last time . |
| 13 | And I heard a lot about how well it worked last time . ’ |
| 14 | It kept good time . |
| 15 | Ms Gordon said the recruitment agencies were enthusiastic about broking as it meant less time was spent pairing applicants with jobs . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It took considerable time here for the work of the CAB to be understood but its place is now firmly established . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It took some time to get entry , there were delays , long sessions of questioning and trouble with certificates but in the end it was sorted out and we got on a plane in April 1974 . |
| 21 | In this early period American railway capital and building energies went mainly into track and engineering , and it took some time for the station to catch up with the grandiose schemes of the companies . |
| 22 | Even in a presidency capital like Bombay , it took some time for the station to catch up with the developing pretension of the city . |
| 23 | They would have married sooner but had to wait for her divorce ; Pamela Chrimes told me that it took some time to obtain the evidence of adultery which was then necessary . |
| 24 | Once he had got the idea of killing her ( and at first this fantasy did not seem very different from the reveries in which he wept by her open grave , comforted by young , fashionably dressed women ) it took some time to appreciate that this scenario was of quite a different type from the others . |
| 25 | The responsibility had lain so heavily that it took some time to readjust . |
| 26 | It took some time , but after 36 buns and a 40-ounce bottle of whiskey had been used up , the gulls were found to be reacting admirably and appeared to be enjoying the ‘ experiment ’ as much as the engineers . |
| 27 | It was marvellous that it was all over , but it took some time to sink in , and in any event had no immediate effect on most of us . |
| 28 | It took some time for the War Office to be persuaded that fugitives from the enemy could usefully serve their adopted country . |
| 29 | it took some time before it was explained to them that the French pronunciation of GPT sounded just like ‘ J'ai pété ’ which , as all you Europhiles no doubt know , means ‘ I have broken wind . ’ |
| 30 | It took some time before Willie allowed himself to relax in the water . |