Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some day we will be married ; I am certain of it , but it is a long time to wait till I am of age and we must think of some other way before then . |
| 2 | In the cases that I have mentioned everything is in order — all the forms have been filled in and returned by the contractor , the work has been completed satisfactorily — but it is a long time before the cheque is processed and the contractor paid . |
| 3 | ‘ There has been some interest , but it is a difficult time to be selling housing sites . |
| 4 | But it is a bad time to be coming back into the side with results poor and confidence low . |
| 5 | That is pretty obvious , but it is the first time the Najibullah government has said so . |
| 6 | But it is the first time that we have seen such a phenomenon on a large scale . |
| 7 | ‘ But it is the first time we have established formal procedures which ensure that we deliver and measure against set and agreed criteria . |
| 8 | Later , Fiat issued a statement saying it had learned of the arrests ‘ with great astonishment ’ but it is the second time the company has been involved in the ongoing scandal . |
| 9 | But it 's a low time is n't it ? |
| 10 | but it 's a long time pl er term , we 've got ta look at it and we 've got to do something about it for , for heating if we 're going to use it , if we 're going to let it or something |
| 11 | Monday 's a good day for getting the broad brush strokes of your intentions and meanings across , but it 's a terrible time to try to explain the fine detail of a plan . |
| 12 | But it 's a full time commitment . |
| 13 | But it 's a full time job keeping it that way . |
| 14 | Well I think the short answer to that , Brian , is yes we do , but it 's an interesting time at which to ask that question because there have been recently some changes in the erm statutory provision for the education of what was previously called handicapped children . |
| 15 | He made a mess of things in the park , but it 's the first time he 's got it wrong . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , fishing is my hobby , but it 's the first time I 've caught a squirrel . |
| 17 | But it 's the first time he 's broadcast to people OUTSIDE campus . |
| 18 | But it 's the first time a cell has been set alight since the brand new modern jail was opened . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ I know that getting the sack is an occupational hazard in football , but it 's the first time it has happened to me and it hurts . |
| 20 | But it 's the first time I 've ever known Mark 's to do a catalogue with their gifts in . |
| 21 | Well normally they 'd given them dressing gowns before but it 's the first time they 've had gowns is n't it ? |
| 22 | ‘ But it 's the last time that counts . |
| 23 | But it was a magical time because running through everything like a fine , golden thread was the knowledge that we loved one another . |
| 24 | The football might n't have been very good but it was a great time , magic . |
| 25 | Everybody in Avonlea was very kind to them , but it was a sad time . |
| 26 | We called the police and ambulance but it was a long time before the police arrived . |
| 27 | Several workers suggested that there must be a tissue phase , in which the Plasmodium went to ground , but it was a long time before objects , evidently forms of the parasite , were recognized in microscopic sections of the spleen and liver of infected domestic fowl , monkeys and finally man . |
| 28 | Some hours later — no one counted , but it was a long time — eight soaking , snow-covered individuals just — but only just — on the right side of hypothermia made it to the main Teesdale road , which snow ploughs had kept open . |
| 29 | ‘ But it was a long time ago , before … ’ |
| 30 | Not a dish for a dieter , she allowed , but it was a long time since she 'd enjoyed anything quite so much . |