Example sentences of "it [verb] be a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | It has been a long time since the women 's game has been so open ; hopefully it will continue . |
2 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
3 | It has been a long time . |
4 | This is a very beautiful music , serene , noble , discreet , poignant , composed , grief-stricken , understated , sublime — it has been a long time since I discovered anything quite so touching . |
5 | With more and more database engines sitting on networked servers , it has been a long time coming — the tricky bit , says Shandell is implementing ‘ remote queue pointers ’ . |
6 | It has been a long time coming , and apparently impatient fans bombard the Pan press office weekly for information on its appearance . |
7 | ‘ It has been a long time , Warren , ’ she said evenly . |
8 | ‘ Well , it has been a long time , and I expect you and Marissa … ’ |
9 | ‘ Well , ’ she taunted foolishly , ‘ it has been a long time . ’ |
10 | ‘ It has been a good time to come into the market , ’ said Steve Leroux , leasing manager . |
11 | It has been a traumatic time for everyone at Burston during the past year or so and a great deal has been achieved over a very short time . |
12 | ‘ It has been a traumatic time , with nobody really knowing what was happening . |
13 | It has been a strange time for customs officers thought Western Europe and North America . |
14 | nationally it has been a stimulating time . |
15 | It was Millwall 's first defeat in eight games and Crosby said : ‘ It has been a hard time . |
16 | It has been a busy time in London , with new contracts across the city . |
17 | It has been an awful time . ’ |
18 | For the Black Dwarf , that June , celebrating a year of publication , it had been a rocky time , financially and politically . |
19 | It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better . |
20 | It had been a long time since we last saw one of those , so we bought ice cream , sat in the sun and wrote postcards at the Reykjahlid shop . |
21 | It had been a long time since he had felt like that . |
22 | It was a dream , it had been a long time since Hari had seen her mother smile for the death of her husband had knocked all the spirit out of Win Morgan . |
23 | Because of the ancient feud with the Dwarfs , it had been a long time since any High Elf had set foot on the Old World . |
24 | It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back . |
25 | She reached for her silk dressing gown and pulled it on ; she felt good , it had been a long time since she had awoken feeling so alive . |
26 | It had been a long time since she had had to stop herself simply blowing away an enemy that she found herself unable to either maim or restrain . |
27 | It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago . |
28 | It had been a long time since I — ’ He broke off . |
29 | It had been a long time since she had felt this way . |
30 | It had been a long time ago and the jungle had reclaimed its own . |