Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 then she said they 've been down at the this time of year
2 HAYDN-LOVERS are in for a good time this autumn : coming up are the Haydn at Esterhaza concerts at the Wigmore Hall ( part of the Magyarok Britain Salutes Hungary Festival ) ; already on display is the Haydn and England exhibition at the British Library ; and just started is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 's QEH Haydn series concentrating on his late choral works .
3 We are in for a tough time . ’
4 The gentlemen of the Pearl are taking off their jackets to fight the bid so the British insurer 's shareholders are in for an unpredictable time .
5 No , Lindsey told herself , as she showered and slipped into a warm towelling robe , it had actually been over for a long time .
6 And most of us do that , and that is the situation that we 're in at the present time .
7 We 're in for a rough time , Marcus .
8 ‘ It looks as though we 're in for a tough time ! ’
9 Otherwise , they 're in for a grim time of it .
10 erm Peter wants to tighten up on on on the business of erm carrying holidays over and I think he 's right , actually , erm and he also is using this opportunity to try to et us to plan our holidays as a group so that we 're not all off at the same time , or if it 's appropriate we should all be off a the same time then we 're off at the same time , but it 's erm common sense should prevail one way or another , but it would be a good idea if you could let me have erm a brief indication of any major times you plan to be away .
11 Daisy had been back for a long time ; she looked white and pinched .
12 I must 've been out at the wrong time .
13 I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’
14 Ed was just like a one off and I 'm not forward any more at all and , you know , everyone thinks I am you know and Pete thought right I 'm in for a good time here , you know , I can probably get her you know , and so Charlie would have to carry out his part .
15 Michel thinks she will be in for a bad time when she realizes it .
16 On the other hand if you 've important business or vital meetings to attend you will be in for a tough time .
17 You had to be in at a certain time you know , you had very standard cuisine , it was , it had become if you like , ridiculed in jokes and things of this nature .
18 To come somewhere like this would have been better , somewhere where I had to be in at a certain time , where I could n't have certain people come in .
19 As every girl has her own individual subjects , the teaching is on a one-to-one basis , and each has cards showing her particular set work which has to be in at a certain time .
20 Er I , I suppose yes they probably were expected to be in by a definite time .
21 I thought actually we had a standing order already that claims had to be in within a certain time limit
22 So far as I can see , unless there are fundamental changes in the British economy , the recession ai n't going to be over for a considerable time because the economy is in such a state .
23 and my , my , me and my brother are gon na be off at the same time
24 So Eddie knows the real Delia Forbes has gone away and wo n't be back for a long time … but so what ? ’
25 The bond which had drawn them so close before Angel 's birth was strong and sometimes Sarah longed to be back for a brief time in that dilapidated house in Stone Alley , free of the sanctimonious atmosphere of the rectory , until she remembered Maggie was n't there any more either .
26 If I do it that way she 'll either refuse to go , or , if she does go , she 'll be back within a short time . ’
27 It will be around for a long time .
28 She 'll be around for a long time yet . ’
29 REGARDLESS of how much longer Norman Lamont survives at No 11 , his Budget will be around for a long time .
30 Of Records , Laurie Bruce writes : ‘ Many people are giving up records for cassettes or compact discs – a great mistake as records will be around for a long time to come .
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