Example sentences of "and it [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 for year seven , eight parents it is coming , if you like , that at the end of year nine it 's the end of the key stage and it 's an important time de dun da , they 're warned for two successive years .
5 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 . "
6 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 .
7 The sheer variety of current systems is phenomenal and it is a full time job just keeping pace with developments .
8 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 .
9 Celtic Crescent was n't a crescent , and it was a long time since it had been Celtic .
10 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 .
11 She had to talk for as long as he wanted and it was a long time .
12 Merymose 's face hardened , and it was a long time before he answered .
13 Luke Scott was soon back in her thoughts , and it was a long time before she slept .
14 Then his smoke-outline blurred to darkness and it was a long time until I woke .
15 He had n't wanted to learn more about them , not really , ugly things after all and it was a long time ago .
16 His kisses were deep and cherishing and hungry , and it was a long time before they eventually came up for air .
17 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 .
18 We missed our families and it was a sad time .
19 Big stock boats came from Russia and Germany for the salted Herring and it was a busy time when they were loading .
20 A few good movies were still being made in Hollywood , and it was an interesting time there . ’
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