Example sentences of "it be [adj] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years . |
| 2 | It 's all a long time ago now of course . |
| 3 | I did try and help her about how to run a war because it 's such a long time since anybody 's run a war — I mean the technical methods of running a war — which she did very well . |
| 4 | But as you said , Harri , it 's such a long time ago . |
| 5 | It 's such a relaxing time of year , and everyone — cook included — welcomes the informal atmosphere . |
| 6 | It was all a long time , such a very long time , ago . |
| 7 | ‘ It is none of my affair and , besides , it was all a long time ago . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Sometimes I sang with Lingdale Silver Band , ’ she says , ‘ but it was all a long time ago . ’ |
| 9 | Not because she could n't remember , but because it was such a long time since she 'd seen her and she felt strange , suddenly , knowing that this time tomorrow they would be on their way to Scotland and she would be waiting for them . |
| 10 | This element of the second stanza creates a sensation that Tithonus now refers to himself as a completely different man to what he was in his youth as it was such a long time ago . |
| 11 | And I had a couple of months making it and god , it was such a wonderful time I had and writing the lyrics and saying things about love and feelings that have meant something to me over the years . |