Example sentences of "[adj] 's [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quelle horreur : many 's the time I have found myself torn between throwing people like him out and putting up with them for the sake of the cash-till . |
| 2 | Many 's the time I 've slipped from top to bottom of the ladder , making a noise like the crack of doom , which was not however , sufficient to wake them ( as I could tell by their uninterrupted snores ) . |
| 3 | Many 's the time , truly darling , when I … ’ |
| 4 | Many 's the time Mary has seen litters of Yorkshire Terriers and Bichon Frise crated up at Plymouth railway station — puppies from farms being shipped to France , and an uncertain fate . |
| 5 | Many 's the time I 've been about to introduce the top of the bill , when from behind the curtain the urgent whisper , ‘ He 's pissed — fill in while we sober him up , ’ has stopped me in my tracks and left me out there telling gags for an hour or more while the star is force-fed black coffee . |
| 6 | Many 's the time , when reviewing guides to homebuilts in this column , that I have lamented their authors ' tendencies simply to regurgitate plans/kit suppliers specification tables and creative claims about ease of construction and building times , with no attempt to ‘ tell it like it is ’ . |
| 7 | Many 's the time I 've been with people whose eyes glazed over when I 've said I was a feminist and I 've done the same with people who say they love to play golf . |
| 8 | You 've been very kind , and I 'm good and dry now , and I 've slept on the boat many 's the time before , and in worse nights than this . |
| 9 | " Many 's the time I 've stood on the terraces at Ibrox . " |
| 10 | Martin 's always said I 've got a too active brain many 's the time . |
| 11 | That 's the time when you can work out how people deal with their roses and the pruning and there are lots of other things flowering then , too . ’ |
| 12 | They talk about Satan being particularly active towards the ‘ end times ’ — that 's the time when they believe Christ will return . |
| 13 | So we did n't , yeah well if we 've got someone 's who 's interested in starting a group , that 's the time which to start , we did , yeah , but there was a group , er previous thing but I think that , there was one girl who was very er keen , but I think when she left it probably lapsed . |
| 14 | and yet , in fact , that 's the time when you 're most vulnerable yo , it 's time of puberty , your |
| 15 | Indeed I have my breakfast at dinner-time , somewhere around 11.30 a.m. that 's the time for the main meal of the day in farming circles since it is normal for those who live from the land to rise at first light . |
| 16 | We , we actually lived in th the corner shop is right on the corner if you 've come up High street on the bus and your Co-op would be on that corner , your church and your Co-op 's on the corner , and just turns there and I only lived just down that street , so we never had to have it delivered because we just popped up er and my brother and I , I can so remember us going with our two big bags you know and we , you know how you do when families meet you know and he 'll say that 's the time , because dad , we never knew dad hit us and yet you 'd of thought he was , we , we were so scared it must have been his voice you know , that he erm that we was so scared that everything was all correct from the Co- op . |
| 17 | And when it 's things like division by zero , that 's the time to , to s back off and say , well , we 've got a model that works , that side of zero and that side of zero . |
| 18 | Somebody said , well the Harbourmaster 's not coming , I said , right go back to work and that 's the time I , that 's the time when we had the first baby and erm , that 's the first one we lost and anyhow they put me off for a fortnight and erm I went down to , I say go up the Board of Guardians , that was like the D H S S but a little bit lower and I just start to buy this house soon as I said to this bloke , he live in the council house over here this bloke , what was interviewing me |
| 19 | Somebody said , well the Harbourmaster 's not coming , I said , right go back to work and that 's the time I , that 's the time when we had the first baby and erm , that 's the first one we lost and anyhow they put me off for a fortnight and erm I went down to , I say go up the Board of Guardians , that was like the D H S S but a little bit lower and I just start to buy this house soon as I said to this bloke , he live in the council house over here this bloke , what was interviewing me |
| 20 | But if they were cheap , that 's the time to buy . |
| 21 | And that 's the time they were put off work when the quarry , of the why the quarry shut it , they had too much expense on the electricity to pump the water from this from the mine . |
| 22 | That 's the time to do it , yes . |
| 23 | And he 'll be do a very good show rather a shy man but he will And that will be that will be rather technical if I know Adrian , but if you if you like he 's that 's the time to come . |
| 24 | That 's the time we go to time |
| 25 | That 's , that 's the time to do it |
| 26 | And that 's the time when you get snow . |
| 27 | That 's the time you 're going to get up or the time you 're going to leave ? |
| 28 | Walking means exercise , walking means effort , you and I have to do something to keep ourselves spiritually awake , going back to our illustration again about the car driver on the motorway , you find yourself after so many miles just dozing off because the road is so straight , not much traffic around , not much to think about apart from the countryside that goes by and you 're there foot on the accelerator , no braking , no gear changing , nothing at all and you get to the point where you 're driving one-handed by the thing , that 's the time when you get so relaxed is n't it ? |
| 29 | Oh that 's the time going you know the and she might expect to stay for us , but best thing is to get the figures and we 'll erm , we 'll do the , give her the money , but erm I 'm sure that he will love that , so would I . |
| 30 | Right , I mean that 's the time when a video is useful . |