Example sentences of "was [verb] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it is now three years since the present display team was formed the time has come for an audition to be held , this will be early in the autumn . |
| 2 | Time zero was considered the time of completion of the test meal . |
| 3 | ( A decade later , Johnson , on a journey to Oxford , sat in the stage-coach beside a Mrs Beresford and her daughter ; the girl was passing the time in knotting , a kind of tatting , in which coloured threads are knitted into decorative knots . |
| 4 | But when the day had dragged to evening — in spite of all there was to do the time now passed slowly — and still there was no sign of the two men , she began to lose hope . |
| 5 | Thus was introduced the time when the Created God ceased to be produced solely from all that was good in the struggle for existence , and entered the period , still going on , when mankind itself began to influence the nature of that God . |
| 6 | It was through school generally and school teachers in particular that his interest was aroused and : ‘ When I was approaching the time to leave school , my interest was in athletics ; I either wanted to join the army as a PE instructor or I thought about taking a course in physical education . ’ |
| 7 | And he was having the time of his life . |
| 8 | Once the initial problems encountered during the first run of six aircraft had been overcome , it was assured the time limit could be met . |
| 9 | Mr McCreary told the tribunal : ‘ As she was leaving my office , she said : ‘ I suppose what I should have done was take the time off sick anyway . |