Example sentences of "[pron] [be] a time " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 'm a Time Lord , remember ? ’ he whispered back , keen to make sure none of the others overheard him . |
2 | It is not the certificate as such that we wish to include but the underlying deposit , which is a time deposit just like all other time deposits that appear in such definitions . |
3 | Jawless fish are particularly common in red rocks of the Silurian and Devonian periods , which was a time when non-marine rocks were widespread , and have survived subsequent erosion . |
4 | The Piaroa recognize marriage exchange as an exceedingly dangerous principle to act upon , a lesson they receive from the events of the mythic past which was a time when each marriage alliance between strangers carried in its wake a deadly competition for the poisonous cultural capabilities of predation . |
5 | we 're determined to have strict programme … we 've a number of methods … one is a time distance calculator … by using fixed marks on the road , we can calculate their exact speed . |
6 | Rarely in Rover 's history has there been a time when it has done so many things so well as now . |
7 | Why , said Pumlumon , had n't there been a time , not so very long ago either , when he could rattle off the words that set the Draoicht Suan working with no more ado than you might make in the squashing of a flea , always supposing you wanted to do something so pointless , which Pumlumon himself never had . |
8 | Has there been a time when someone has helped you to see the world in a different way ? |
9 | If there were a time clock for murder , it would show one every twenty-six minutes . |
10 | ‘ There 's a time and a place for it . |
11 | But this time when I go back I mean to stay and die there , because , let me tell you ’ — she wagged her finger first at the Colonel and then at Reginald — ‘ there 's a time coming when there 'll be no France and very little England , or any place else . ’ |
12 | ‘ There 's a time and a place for a joke , but this is n't it . |
13 | Now that I am back on the England scene , my cash flow has picked up again but , at the age of 40 , I know there 's a time limit left on my playing career . |
14 | ‘ There 's a time and a place , ’ she replied . |
15 | There 's a time in your life when you will want to replace your paperbacks and forgotten best sellers with a library of beautiful and important books . |
16 | Fortunately he did n't , for what she said now was , ‘ There 's no one likes a laugh more than I do , but there 's a time and a place for everything . |
17 | A student 's life is ruled by the clock : there 's a time to be up and about if you want breakfast ; a time to be in college for a lecture or tutorial ; a time by which you must hand in an essay or project report ; a time to study and a time to relax . |
18 | ‘ There 's a time limit on this , you know . ’ |
19 | And there 's a time when my father lived at the , and I 'm going up the road this night and I hears this queer kind of grunting , and I could n't understand it of course it was dark and I hears it again . |
20 | There 's a time to die and that ai n't it . |
21 | ‘ There 's a time and place under heaven for everything . ’ |
22 | There 's a time when you have to strike hard at a decisive moment . ’ |
23 | Well , there 's a time to call a bluff and a time to fold — fold up , roll over and beg for mercy , that is . |
24 | Most of non-statutory work is giving advice to people like control , and others , which may not be purely statutory in the sense that is , but the major difference is there 's a time when it 's imposed on when we have to do it . |
25 | ‘ But there 's a time and a place for everything , and it 's time I moved on — saw a bit more of your beautiful country — maybe a bit of the world too , who knows ? ’ |
26 | We know there 's a time share Yeah ? |
27 | I said erm there 's a time limit I said . |
28 | Er on the horses that 's understandable , they can start off and probably do n't knock theirself but there 's a time they 'd done twenty or thirty mile pulling a load . |
29 | I left when there was a time of barrenness and I went into another country and now there 's a time of plenty and I 'm going back home what are they going to say to me ? |
30 | If there is a time to sew and a time to reap , the latter has not yet arrived . |