Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] be a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip saw a photograph of the house he 'd been to with Mrs Wright , only it was a different time of year . |
| 2 | So it 's a million times minus a million . |
| 3 | but they do n't arrive there until erm Sunday night , so it 's a long time on the coach |
| 4 | So it was a short time later she found herself under the hard eyes of Sister Mary , the large nun she remembered from last night , and her very hard hand . |
| 5 | and so it was a lovely time . |
| 6 | Now it 's a long time since I went by tube , and there 's not much you can do in the carriages except keep a handkerchief over your nose , but a useful tip is never to put your hand on the rail beside the moving staircase . |
| 7 | ‘ You got together again in Sydney a few years ago , I 'm told , and here you are a third time . |
| 8 | ‘ Well it 's a long time since dinner . |
| 9 | And he said well it 's a long time since you had the accident . |
| 10 | Well it 's a bad time of year ai n't it since Christmas ? |
| 11 | Would n't it be a zillion times better to destroy it ? |
| 12 | And even then it was a long time before the implications of the theory for massive stars were understood . |
| 13 | Although the RAF had standard instrument panels from 1936 onwards it was a long time before the merits of this tidy arrangement really caught on in the USA . |