Example sentences of "[be] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | cos you know they 're a million times ahead . |
| 2 | ‘ After all … you 're a long time retired ’ , he says . |
| 3 | With a first baby you 're a long time , especially with my build . |
| 4 | Webb , 28 , who played for Northern until his medical studies took him to the west country , said : ‘ You 're a long time retired . |
| 5 | Cor you 're a long time coming back from the Rose and Crown , do n't forget that 's where we were |
| 6 | It has been a long time since the women 's game has been so open ; hopefully it will continue . |
| 7 | It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Mr Peter Preston , editor of the Guardian , yesterday said : ‘ This has been a long time coming and there are things in it like the enhanced role for proprietors that I 'm not very keen on , ’ he said . |
| 10 | ‘ Think I 'll shleep here tonight , it 's been a long time , ’ he hiccupped . |
| 11 | Appointed a Privy Counsellor two years ago , his promotion seems to have been a long time coming , prompting some commentators to dub him ‘ The Nearly Man ’ . |
| 12 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
| 13 | In a way , the revolution had been a long time coming and somewhat contained in America , despite the reactions of the mass media which had been — like all conservative America — horrified , if not titillated by the lurid images of beat youth . |
| 14 | It has been a long time . |
| 15 | Well that 's no surprise ; but it 's been a long time in coming . |
| 16 | SCIENCE FICTION breeds more science fiction and success breeds sequels : these two have been a long time coming Forty years since the first Foundation tale , 14 since 001 : A Space Odyssey — can Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke repeat their successes ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Gooch 's biography has been a long time coming but Ivo Tennant has been thorough in his survey of hitherto uncharted waters , and the wait has been worthwhile . |
| 19 | It 's been a long time in the pipeline … |
| 20 | But Boogie 's TriAxis has been a long time coming , and there are great expectations to live up to … |
| 21 | It 's been a long time coming but Syndicate , the latest from Populous and Powermonger creators Bullfrog , looks worth it . |
| 22 | It had been a long time since he had felt like that . |
| 23 | It 's been a long time . ’ |
| 24 | Maybe because tonight the warning had been a long time sounding , had started its tormented wailing just when everyone began to think the bombers were n't coming . |
| 25 | IT 'S been a long time since Sister Jacques-Marie took her clothes off for public viewing . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's been a long time and I am not going to rush it . |
| 27 | I told you , it 's been a long time … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 's been a long time . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |