Example sentences of "be [not/n't] a [noun sg] [prep] time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You are not a waste of time , Jenna . ’
2 This is not a superabundance of time but , used effectively , it will be just adequate and will allow for about 10 lectures a week .
3 It 's not a question of time . ’
4 It still is n't a lot of time if you finish work at quarter past three , and you 're not home till
5 When asked by Topaz if the procedure was not a waste of time , Lady Angela had given a shocked squawk .
6 It was not as I had expected at all because living in the kind of commune that Mary Finnigan 's house was , there was n't a lot of time for romance .
7 But I did n't go to town till half past ten I was going to me mother 's at half past eleven , so there was n't a lot of time .
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