Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [be] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Well for people going to the States it 's a good time to go .
2 Teaching does indeed take time , but in the long term it is a great time saver .
3 For a very small boy it was a confusing time .
4 SCORPIO It 's a difficult time at the moment .
5 With a first baby you 're a long time , especially with my build .
6 For Reagan it was a frustrating time .
7 For Anne it was a magical time .
8 For Anne it was a happy time in spite of her mother 's illness .
9 Whilst this is an excellent weekend for lighthearted gatherings and sociable soirees it 's a tough time for taking orders or giving way to the superior power or authority of others .
10 Well that 's a quarter of an hour it 's a long time .
11 In the main it was a fun time for us girls .
12 She did not then wish us to meet and I am glad that she did not — for us in Greece it was a painful time because of Cyprus , and I should not have wished to keep this from her , or to be speaking of it .
13 In private there was no doubt it was a difficult time for her .
14 Well there was lots of families you see that had their boys and men and sweethearts and all at the front it was a sad time .
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