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

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31 It was Millwall 's first defeat in eight games and Crosby said : ‘ It has been a hard time .
32 It has been a busy time in London , with new contracts across the city .
33 It has been an awful time . ’
34 When we were there Stan was with us and he 'd been a few times to Brussels to with the Labour Party and , and he said oh it 's great !
35 For the Black Dwarf , that June , celebrating a year of publication , it had been a rocky time , financially and politically .
36 It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better .
37 It had been a long time since we last saw one of those , so we bought ice cream , sat in the sun and wrote postcards at the Reykjahlid shop .
38 It had been a long time since he had felt like that .
39 It was a dream , it had been a long time since Hari had seen her mother smile for the death of her husband had knocked all the spirit out of Win Morgan .
40 Because of the ancient feud with the Dwarfs , it had been a long time since any High Elf had set foot on the Old World .
41 It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back .
42 She reached for her silk dressing gown and pulled it on ; she felt good , it had been a long time since she had awoken feeling so alive .
43 It had been a long time since she had had to stop herself simply blowing away an enemy that she found herself unable to either maim or restrain .
44 It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago .
45 It had been a long time since I — ’ He broke off .
46 It had been a long time since she had felt this way .
47 It had been a long time ago and the jungle had reclaimed its own .
48 It had been a long time since she 'd laughed , joined in a joke , been silly just for the hell of it .
49 It had been a long time since she 'd met anyone even remotely interesting , and whatever this man was he certainly was n't remote !
50 Ahead , on a right-hand bend , was the farm , but it had been a long time since a chicken had shat in that yard .
51 It had been a long time since the mental barrier between herself and the watching audience had been broken …
52 He thought again about his parents , but it had been a long time and he became angry with himself because he could no longer picture their faces like before .
53 It had been a difficult time for everyone , but especially Diana , who was perhaps closest to her father of all the children .
54 ‘ If it had been a different time you 'd have been a doctor or an engineer , ’ Rose said .
55 It had been a harrowing time .
56 It was all much as it had been the first time , only evening instead of morning ; and Emily stood by herself as before , and now he knew why , wearing his ring on another finger .
57 It had been the first time that he had really seen Sara in tears .
58 He felt that he had been a long time away .
59 ‘ Think I 'll shleep here tonight , it 's been a long time , ’ he hiccupped .
60 Well that 's no surprise ; but it 's been a long time in coming .
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