Example sentences of "[verb] be the [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were quietly seething , June 1988 may not have been the right time for demonstrations , but parts of the student body and some sectors of the urban population appeared to be contemplating some form of action to let the government know of their intentions . |
| 2 | With Senator McCarthy 's campaign against treason in the State Department having just got under way this may hardly have been the best time for dispassionate analysis although , if it is not too academic a point , one can not help comparing these propositions with an earlier assessment ( 13 October 1948 ) . |
| 3 | My mother told my father and I think that must have been the worst time of my life . |
| 4 | Yes , that had been the happiest time of her life . |
| 5 | What would you say is the toughest time after finishing drama school ? |