Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the best time of his life , and everything since has been second best . |
| 2 | Charles had chosen to stay in Scotland because it was the perfect time of year for all the activities he enjoyed there . |
| 3 | Oh the teachers were very good , they usually greeted you with a big plum or something , if it was the right time of the year , which it usually was . |
| 4 | The sun was large in the sky because it was the hottest time of year , and there were no clouds . |
| 5 | It was the happiest time of my life . |
| 6 | It was the happiest time of my life . |
| 7 | It was the happiest time of the day : lessons were over and the long written homework could not be started . |
| 8 | I remember saying this was a bit leisurely , was n't it , but there was some apparently reasonable explanation , like no one gave any notice that they were going to die and the partnership could be a bit pushed to produce the cash if it was the wrong time of year . |
| 9 | It was the wrong time of the year for bees . |
| 10 | It was the coldest time of the year and the first thing I insisted on was having a telephone . |