Example sentences of "was [prep] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 On his return to the Westminster he was for a time senior house officer in the department of clinical measurement before becoming anaesthetic research registrar .
2 He had a very high reputation as a spiritual guide ( he was for a time Abbot of Bec in Normandy ) and teacher .
3 They tell us that a stonemason 's third marriage at 57 was his happiest ; or that a retired doctor found ‘ life was for a time difficult ’ for lack of ‘ any special hobbies . ’
4 He was a prolific writer of learned articles in the Veterinarian of which he was for a time co-editor , and his classical education is reflected in his thoughtful commentaries .
5 But for many cities jealousy of Milan was as powerful as hatred of the emperor 's control , and a rival faction formed under Pavia which was for a time loyal to Frederick — a map of the two teams shows in a fascinating way how difficult it was to love one 's neighbour in this world of riotous freedom and traditional internecine feuds .
6 While Brunner 's theology was for a time regarded , especially in Britain and America , as more ‘ moderate ’ than Barth 's , and therefore preferable , he must now be regarded as the less radical and less creative of the two .
7 True , revolution was for a time a strong possibility , if not a probability ; and as true , such a revolution would of course have been seen as the means to industrial democracy by those who sought it .
8 The last ( held by Florence Nightingale and Charles Kingsley , to name only two ) was for a time more popular than the first ; and although to some extent the preventive measures suggested by each did overlap , their priorities were somewhat different .
9 He was for a time in Ireland overseeing the introduction of these changes , and he and Thomas were both given substantial pensions ( £100 each ) in 1603 .
10 Between 1821 and 1842 he took out five patents , one of them for a ‘ suspension railway ’ which was tried out unsuccessfully in Cheshunt , and two relating to a system of constructing roofs and bridge decks in corrugated wrought or cast iron , which was for a time quite extensively used .
11 He was for a time the coach at Harrow School and , from 1857 to his death , secretary of the Cricketers ' Fund Friendly Society .
12 Well , I was crazy … sure I was for a time .
13 At the end of teaching , the long street towards the centre of Cullbridge was for a time a babble of noise , with scuffles , cap-snatching and schoolboy indecencies hurled from green-blazered groups on one side to green-blazered groups on the other .
14 From late 1813 trade improved , and it was for a time in 1814 brisk again .
15 When the Foreign Office List made its first appearance " it was strongly objected to in certain quarters , as likely to afford information to the general public with regard to the office , which they thought it advisable they should not possess , and much information was for a time withheld " .
16 where a police constable ( or a traffic warden ) was for the time being engaged in the regulation of traffic
17 ‘ where a police constable ( or a traffic warden ) was for the time being engaged in the regulation of traffic ’ This offence can not be committed where the constable or traffic warden are not engaged in the regulation of traffic .
18 ‘ where a police constable ( or a traffic warden ) was for the time being engaged in the regulation of traffic ’ This point is proved by stating so in the constable 's or warden 's statement of evidence , e.g. ‘ I was engaged in the regulation of traffic to allow pedestrians to cross safely ’ .
19 He had lost his job because the club where he played the piano had to close and , though he was after another one on the switchboard in a hospice , he was for the time being at a loose end .
20 They constitute an acknowledgment by the delegates , committee and officers that the Association was for the time being inadequately organised and funded for undertaking major tasks on the national scene .
21 All right , I knew the cockroach treatment was for the time when I made my centipede on a string crawl up Shirnette 's back .
22 Immediately after the elections a subcommittee was set up by the Legislative Assembly to study the proposals , but progress was for the time being halted , after objections from the Chinese government , as reported in the Far Eastern Economic Review of Sept. 21 , 1989 .
23 In July 1857 even Kiselev believed that because emancipation with land was for the time being impossible , freeing the serfs ought to be postponed for the foreseeable future .
24 It is so time-consuming that you need to look at the end result with a very critical eye and decide whether it was worth the time it took to produce .
25 This was during a time when Taiwan 's exports to Malaysia were increasing rapidly .
26 It was during the time of Viking domination that Rognvald Kolsson began to build his magnificent , red sandstone cathedral in Kirkwall , named after martyred St Magnus , killed on the island of Eglisay in 1116 AD .
27 It was during the time the play was being crafted , and for years afterwards , that Ken was a witness to the bizarre happenings that made up this strangest of all relationships , a relationship which ended with Halliwell murdering Orton and then taking his own life .
28 Though her radicalism had not begun to develop , her individualistic streak was already fully formed , as Miss Suter recalls : ‘ It was about the time we were beginning to have trouble with student sit-ins , and Katharine stuck out against it .
29 Dana Gillespie : ‘ This was about the time The Beatles were just starting and they were considered to have long hair , but if you look at the pictures of them in those days , they had almost crew-cuts compared to David 's which was honestly long , bright yellow , bleached blonde from a bottle .
30 In fact , it was about the time that David and I both auditioned for Hair and we were both turned down which I thought was quite funny because it seemed that just about everyone else in London got the part , but we were very much the kind of solo singers and perhaps the wrong type .
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