Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] be [art] [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 | So that 's what 's been going on in terms of output , in terms of orders already received , orders are up in all mainland regions of the U K. It 's the first time that we 've seen that since er the beginning of the recession and that 's the sense in which we think one can say erm reasonably sort of er straightforwardly that the recovery has indeed spread around the mainland economy . |
| 5 | Since joining INCUBUS it was the first time he 'd come across men who carried guns — outside the States . |
| 6 | SCORPIO It 's a difficult time at the moment . |
| 7 | With a first baby you 're a long time , especially with my build . |
| 8 | This week it was the first time they 've been beaten by the Irish in the league . |
| 9 | For Reagan it was a frustrating time . |
| 10 | Sunday lunch has a suitable sense of occasion about it and for many people it is the only time of the week when they can relax and enjoy a leisurely get-together with family or friends . |
| 11 | For Anne it was a magical time . |
| 12 | For Anne it was a happy time in spite of her mother 's illness . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In many cases it was the first time anyone had explained to the man in the trench that there is more to his job than laying pipes ! |
| 15 | Well that 's a quarter of an hour it 's a long time . |
| 16 | And when you write it as a number it 's the only time that you ever put any little letters next to it . |
| 17 | In the main it was a fun time for us girls . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | because I used to have when I used to go around these for breakfast I 'd always have an orange juice and my cereal and then my fried breakfast it 's the only time I 'd eat a fried breakfast . |
| 20 | In private there was no doubt it was a difficult time for her . |
| 21 | ‘ I believe if he was into drugs it was the first time . |
| 22 | In fact it is the second time he has used the policy . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | For David Smith it will be his sixth time in a Scotland blazer ( five times as skip ) ; for Peter Smith it 's the fifth time . |