Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [be] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day a week we provide only rescue cover , this only for experienced sailors ; this gives us time to keep both boards and staff in good condition , and it 's a good time for you to explore . |
| 2 | And it 's a good time to discuss career matters . |
| 3 | And it 's a long time ago — ’ |
| 4 | I can not get myself to react with critical coolness towards this music ; every tissue , every nerve vibrates in me and it is a long time since I had such an enduring feeling of rapture as when listening to the latter overture . " |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The sheer variety of current systems is phenomenal and it is a full time job just keeping pace with developments . |
| 7 | While this was a good thing , such improvements were at first only superficial , and it was a long time before everyday living conditions in deaf boarding institutions and day classes were of acceptable standard . |
| 8 | Celtic Crescent was n't a crescent , and it was a long time since it had been Celtic . |
| 9 | They regarded him as something more or less from outer space , and it was a long time before he and his family felt themselves to be part of the community . |
| 10 | She had to talk for as long as he wanted and it was a long time . |
| 11 | Merymose 's face hardened , and it was a long time before he answered . |
| 12 | Luke Scott was soon back in her thoughts , and it was a long time before she slept . |
| 13 | Then his smoke-outline blurred to darkness and it was a long time until I woke . |
| 14 | He had n't wanted to learn more about them , not really , ugly things after all and it was a long time ago . |
| 15 | His kisses were deep and cherishing and hungry , and it was a long time before they eventually came up for air . |
| 16 | It was discovered not on earth in fact but on the sun in the first place , in about eighteen sixty-eight erm absorption lines were seen , and , and it was a long time after that before people realised there was some helium on the earth and , and , and eventually erm helium , some gas was found bubbling up through , from a pit in the Black Forest and , and analysed and found to be helium . |
| 17 | We missed our families and it was a sad time . |
| 18 | Big stock boats came from Russia and Germany for the salted Herring and it was a busy time when they were loading . |