Examples of 'that was a time' in a sentence
Meaning of "that was a time"
that was a time - indicates a specific period in the past that is being referred to or remembered
                                                                                            How to use "that was a time" in a sentence
                                        
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                                that was a time
                                
                                
                                
                            
                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when you could do that.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    And that can never happen again, that was a time and a place and a thing.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time of complicated and hard decisions.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    And I just want to start again. That was a time off that I can feel behind me.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time before rockets and satellites.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Didn't you used to go out with Gail Evans? That was a time.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when peace could be won.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Didn't you used to go out with Dale Evans? That was a time.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when words were like magic.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Kim Junsu recalled, “ Personally, that was a time when I was emotionally fragile . ”.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when taekwondo was a demonstration sport.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That 's okay, because that was a time in my life when I needed certain things.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time of sadness but also release.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    So that was a time of famine.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time of economic crisis in the country.
                                        
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    In fact that was a time when people didnt even know whether a bomb was possible.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when debates meant something.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Oh, that was a time.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when the angels came.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when silence was some sort of friend.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when television was still a public square.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when sleep was rare.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time of complete depression for me.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when air pollution was an unknown curse.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time of great hardship and intense heat.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time of life and death.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when we could speak of cultural diversity.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time of young ministers.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when there were more guns than people.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time of great tension.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    But that was a time when you had to pay attention.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time lapse video.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time of so much cruelty.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time of much darkness.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when most of the larger predators were asleep.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time rich in experience.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when people never used to worry about paedophiles.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time leap.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time of change.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time eddy.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    But that was a time when you played the bourgeois.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time of repentance.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when heraldry was ruled by allegorical and astrological views.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time bomb.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time of great social unrest and a proliferation of utopian movements.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when fashion and footwear worked closely together.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when a narrow rather than a broad definition of autism was in fashion.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when the the city was trying to preserve live theater.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when only the rich could afford such a luxury.
                                        
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    That was a time when many saw boxing as the only way out.
                                        
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                                                            Spent a lot of time with the ladies
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            Time and tide wait for no man
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            A woman needs time to think things over