Example sentences of "were [verb] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | To pursue the question put by the hon. and learned Member for Fife , North-East ( Mr. Campbell ) , the Secretary of State will be aware that the long lead orders for the four Trident submarines were placed some time ago and that construction is quite well advanced . |
| 2 | US officials admit that they knew about the coup plans as early as last Saturday , but say they were given little time to judge its chances of success or to plan any US involvement . |
| 3 | Ridge and furrow were formed any time between the early Middle Ages and the nineteenth century , as a result of ploughing up and down fields in parallel lines . |
| 4 | Some of the others were wounded some time ago . |
| 5 | No fighters were seen this time . |
| 6 | Lawyers for the deposed Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega were granted more time to prepare their defence when , as announced on June 7 , the trial was postponed from July 22 to Sept. 3 , the fourth date to have been set since Noriega was charged in January 1990 . |
| 7 | It is now diminishing as metric sizes were adopted some time ago . |
| 8 | Despite the strenuous efforts that were made each time to prevent them , accidents would happen . |
| 9 | The new bridge , designed by W.H. Barlow , was of wrought-iron lattice girder construction , like the old , but proper scientific calculations were made this time to allow for lateral wind pressure — the first time scientific studies of such stresses were made — and the new Tay Bridge , still the longest railway bridge in Britain at just over 2 miles , has stood solid for 100 years , linking Dundee with Fife . |
| 10 | Blood samples for measurement of PP , CCK , and insulin were drawn each time a gall bladder image was taken . |
| 11 | By 1987 more than half of Scottish consultant psychiatrists were spending some time each week in primary care settings compared with fewer than a fifth in England and Wales . |
| 12 | RUC were taking some time to settle down but once Davy Barbour had landed his first penalty from about 50 metres the lights went out and the Holywood stars faded . |
| 13 | What steps were taken to protect the employees of this firm following an explosion that took place some time ago and that could have killed as many as were killed this time ? |
| 14 | No they 've been banned from taking them in in case they clobbered anyone with them you see oh they were banned some time ago , as were flags they used to carry flags at one time and rattles , but er they do n't let you take anything in . |