Example sentences of "[pron] be a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good morning , Doug , I 'm a first time caller . |
| 2 | I was a long time because everyone was gassing in the shop . |
| 3 | Sorry I was a long time I did n't |
| 4 | Which is a long time to go without It . |
| 5 | I suppose , after all , I 've had it since ‘ 66 , so I 've been well known for 26 years , which is a long time , and I do n't get anything much out of it any more . ’ |
| 6 | My father had a and he said it would be forty seven , say it would likely be forty seven , but that 's forty seven is two year eight month away , which is a long time for me to keep it going . |
| 7 | I think candidates who are thinking of applying for entry in nineteen eighty-five , who are now say seventeen coming on eighteen , have got three or four years ahead of them at university , which is a considerable time , and if nothing else , university will make them question themselves , what their interests are , and they 'll introduce them to new subjects , new areas of study , and it may be a mistake to embark on a vocational course , and discover halfway through that actually it 's not what you want to do . |
| 8 | Which was a long time ago . |
| 9 | The only cloud on the immediate horizon is raising a mortgage — especially if you are a first time buyer . |
| 10 | He may yet tour India next winter , for there is a three-month break before the challenge of a calmer series against swing and spin — ‘ You are a long time retired , ’ he says impishly . |
| 11 | He may yet tour India next winter , for there is a three-month break before the challenge of a calmer series against swing and spin — ‘ You are a long time retired , ’ he says impishly . |
| 12 | Campese , who hopes to face the Barbarians at Twickenham on Saturday , is more direct , saying : ‘ I play because I enjoy it and as long as I am enjoying my rugby and I am wanted — well , you are a long time retired . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You got together again in Sydney a few years ago , I 'm told , and here you are a third time . |
| 14 | ‘ After all … you 're a long time retired ’ , he says . |
| 15 | With a first baby you 're a long time , especially with my build . |
| 16 | Webb , 28 , who played for Northern until his medical studies took him to the west country , said : ‘ You 're a long time retired . |
| 17 | Cor you 're a long time coming back from the Rose and Crown , do n't forget that 's where we were |
| 18 | ‘ You were a long time coming to bed . ’ |
| 19 | And on the far end is Ed who 's a full time UNIS UNISON officer . |
| 20 | Yes she is a full time worker |
| 21 | John , who is a full time shift worker , has been polishing off most the Peak 's F8a+ in good time , having also recently red-pointed Boat Boys , Chimes of Freedom as well as making the 6th ascent of Zeke the Freak ( F8b ) . |
| 22 | She was a long time in answering . |
| 23 | ‘ That last one were a long time before your time , Tom . |
| 24 | Ten non-radiological incidents were recorded during the period , one being a lost time accident reportable under RIDDO Regulations . |
| 25 | but there 's a right time and a wrong time for doing it , see cos basically if you were getting the money , the phone calls that were , that were done a since Christmas right , I 'm not sure how the bill runs , it probably runs December , January , February er I think they run a quarter on the phone bill , and its a three month period |
| 26 | ‘ Well , there 's a first time for everything , as I m sure you remember , Mrs Cornforth … |
| 27 | There 's a seven-hour time difference . ’ |
| 28 | THERE is a first time for everything : Aladdin was the first panto I 'd been to and the first Frank Bruno has performed in . |
| 29 | properly will depend on either the specific instructions given to him or arguments about the implied duties of an expert conducting a reference : for three possible examples , see 14.8 , 14.9 and 14.10. a breach of the implied duty under s14 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 , unless there is a specific time provision or the duty has been expressly excluded by agreement with the parties . |
| 30 | There is a set time allowed for the council to receive comments on an application . |