in times gone by
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A couple of weeks ago, I suggested on Twitter that in times gone by, it would have been sorted very quickly, not necessarily in a conciliatory fashion but effectively for all that, by Peter Willey.
From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2012
He found its art too constricting and esoteric; he longed for an art that could be shared by a whole community, much as the Italian frescoes had once been shared in times gone by.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the midst of this wild waste rises broadly and grandly the Cecina mountain, the brow of which, in times gone by, bore the ramparts and bastions of a considerable stronghold.
From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil
No one doubted these things and they had been abundantly written about in times gone by.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac
Many efforts have been made in times gone by to use kerosene for firing the boilers of steam-engines.
From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.
