Example sentences of "[pers pn] be the [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's worth reminding readers who are parents of this with the start of the school holidays next month — apparently it 's the prime time for solvent abuse . |
2 | Erm , sir , I want to address the point , if it 's the right time about the level of housing provision the Greater York area in particular , erm that we 've seen round the table here that we have special circumstances applying to York , and to its surrounding area . |
3 | ‘ It 's the ideal time for you . |
4 | ‘ I 've said it 's the wrong time of the year for that . |
5 | It 's the wrong time of year for blossom to grow . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ It is the right time in IBM 's business transformation to identify new leadership , ’ Akers said . |
8 | Perhaps , Isabel decided , it is the wrong time of the year and I must wait until July or August , when they arrive as tourists . |
9 | It is the elapsed time after which a request to Offline a Package will be cancelled if not completed . |
10 | It was the normal time for a private member 's bill , but it was certainly not the normal time for a major Prime Ministerial oration . |
11 | Charles had chosen to stay in Scotland because it was the perfect time of year for all the activities he enjoyed there . |
12 | Unfortunately for the historian , it was the only time in his life when he kept a diary . |
13 | It was the only time in her life that she had noticed her maternal grandmother at a disadvantage , on the defensive . |
14 | ‘ It was the only time in my life that I 've drifted , and I think maybe in order to grow you need to drift some . |
15 | It was the only time in my life I 've been a pain to my family . |
16 | Austen Chamberlain was equally enthusiastic at the time , but later put the occasion into somewhat more critical perspective by saying that it was the only time in fourteen years that he had ever known Baldwin to influence a Cabinet decision . |
17 | It was the only time in her life when she was free of Doubts . |
18 | ‘ I 'd always wanted to work with Mutt Lange ; I 've actually tried to work with Mutt since 1984 , but he was always busy on a project , but he wanted to do it and it was the right time for both of us . |
19 | In the Western calendar a new decade had just begun — it was the right time for a new beginning ! |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | It was the wrong time of the year for bees . |