Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] a [adj] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may yet tour India next winter , for there is a three-month break before the challenge of a calmer series against swing and spin — ‘ You are a long time retired , ’ he says impishly . |
| 2 | He may yet tour India next winter , for there is a three-month break before the challenge of a calmer series against swing and spin — ‘ You are a long time retired , ’ he says impishly . |
| 3 | Campese , who hopes to face the Barbarians at Twickenham on Saturday , is more direct , saying : ‘ I play because I enjoy it and as long as I am enjoying my rugby and I am wanted — well , you are a long time retired . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ After all … you 're a long time retired ’ , he says . |
| 5 | Webb , 28 , who played for Northern until his medical studies took him to the west country , said : ‘ You 're a long time retired . |
| 6 | Cor you 're a long time coming back from the Rose and Crown , do n't forget that 's where we were |
| 7 | ‘ You were a long time coming to bed . ’ |
| 8 | It 's a strange time to rejoin the Tories . |
| 9 | I think it 's a good time to spend in the garden to be honest , I mean you ca n't , you ca n't , it 's not really long enough to try and do it at weekends , not if he wants to move that garage back , it 'll probably take the best part of the week to sort that out |
| 10 | It 's a good time to give all the windows a proper service . |
| 11 | Well for people going to the States it 's a good time to go . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a good time to win with the Masters coming up , ’ said Couples , who lost to Corey Pavin in a play-off in the same event last year . |
| 13 | As you prepare to give your patch of grass its final once-over , it 's a good time to make sure you are n't going to be a tragic statistic next year . |
| 14 | His special offer comes as estate agents say it 's a good time to buy but high interest rates are making it difficult to sell . |
| 15 | And it 's a good time to discuss career matters . |
| 16 | You 'd be there an hour love , it 's a long time to sit by yourself . |
| 17 | Monday 's a good day for getting the broad brush strokes of your intentions and meanings across , but it 's a terrible time to try to explain the fine detail of a plan . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's a tough time to launch something new . ’ |
| 19 | It 's a natural time to get tired and you can have a blip ten as well . |
| 20 | it 's a bad as you said it 's a bad time to start driving now there 's an awful lot of |
| 21 | It 's a bad time to commit rape . ’ |
| 22 | It is a good time to plant hardy shrubs too . |
| 23 | ‘ Also , now that the Council is well settled in its new headquarters at South Gyle and is about to embark on the implementation of Sport 2000 , the strategy designed to take sport in Scotland into the 21st Century , I believe it is a good time to hand over to someone new . ’ |
| 24 | There are many other more elaborate braids and edgings which are great fun to knit if you keep your machine set up at this time of year , as it is a good time to play with new ideas and perhaps to knit enough to edge that beautiful Chanel-type jacket you are going to knit later , but the simple knitted binding or a simple rouleau takes a lot of beating and always loos fashionable , elegantly simple and stylish . |
| 25 | It is a good time to have a home built to suit one 's individual needs . |
| 26 | In Finchley , north London , Stewart Henry of Winkworth says : ‘ It is a good time to buy . |
| 27 | Yes , it is a good time to buy Mr , yes , we ought to encourage him to buy . |
| 28 | Anybody over forty I say it is a legitimate time to talk to people about self employment . |
| 29 | Some day we will be married ; I am certain of it , but it is a long time to wait till I am of age and we must think of some other way before then . |
| 30 | If artists gather in stables then New York in the summertime is a veritable art rodeo : group shows abound and it is a matchless time to take the measure of any given gallery . |