Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Anybody over forty I say it is a legitimate time to talk to people about self employment .
2 His special offer comes as estate agents say it 's a good time to buy but high interest rates are making it difficult to sell .
3 Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way .
4 Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber
5 That 's why I say it was a sad time . ’
6 cos what I , I just said to him I said look , I says a er sometimes I says it 's an awkward time drop for us .
7 What does it mean when it says it is the last time .
8 ‘ I 've said it 's the wrong time of the year for that .
9 I know it 's a terrible time for me to turn up on your doorstep , but I only want to speak to you for a moment .
10 I know it 's a long time ago
11 Well it is it 's it 's planned pretty well as you know we we always take the summer off we never work during the summer because we do our recording and we make our video and then we 're ready for the road and the video 's released and there 's promotion put into it so er if we go to Australia which we 'll go on our next May and June you know it 's a good time out there for selling product as well so we will have an album released before we get out there and and everything will be planned out .
12 Yeah he 's a very you know it 's funny I know it 's the worst time to do a phone in actually because people are doing other oh I 've got me foot caught in the whatsit but erm I thought I thought we 'd get loads of people on saying I 'd been very rude saying that this was er er er nation of animal haters and abusers .
13 Actuality of warden describing the snake followed by interview where she sez it 's the first time she'stouched a grass snake and slow worms .
14 Masklin decided it was a diplomatic time to wake up .
15 I decided it was a good time to ask him the final questions about Stapleton and the hound .
16 I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know
17 Well it 's alright it 's not that long I suppose it 's a long time when you 're six .
18 ‘ Also , now that the Council is well settled in its new headquarters at South Gyle and is about to embark on the implementation of Sport 2000 , the strategy designed to take sport in Scotland into the 21st Century , I believe it is a good time to hand over to someone new . ’
19 I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own .
20 Do you reckon it 's a full time job , or just a part time one ?
21 It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice .
22 In the meantime , he eventually sold the Company as its peak in 1987 , he had made another small fortune , and with some 30 aeroplanes and 80 pilots on the books he felt it was the right time to let it go .
23 She replaced the receiver , standing unmoving , staring across the room towards the Knudsen with hungry eyes , knowing it was the last time she would ever see it .
24 I , I bet , I bet i I bet it 's the first time in your life you felt shi , yes come on !
25 ‘ Because we had just switched from the Lothian District League to the National League I thought it was a good time to concentrate on coaching , ’ she said .
26 I thought it was a good time to get away and take stock . ’
27 ‘ Well , I was going to that night of the dance and then I thought it was a bad time with it being Christmas and the New Year coming right afterwards .
28 Now that he 's settled in and understanding the language a bit better , I thought it was an appropriate time to congratulate and welcome him to Carnoustie .
29 At the end of my little phone session , I 've one last in the bag , hi Mick , Peter , as I said I 'd give you a bell in January , do you think it 's a good time for us to get together now , yes , Oh great , O K , I 've got .
30 What time do you think it 's the best time today ?
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