Example sentences of "[adv] be [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals . |
| 2 | Could you please make these adjustments for the next matrix list which I realise will not be for some time and , in fact , by that time Karen will be off on maternity leave but I leave it to you whether you want to slot in Joan and Jane for that period . |
| 3 | You must be able to swim 500 yards and should not be in full time education at the time of the expedition . |
| 4 | There would be precious little searoom off the beaches in amphibious landings , and putting a 4,000 ton assault ship ashore was at one time thought so hazardous that none was expected to survive . |
| 5 | There are currently 17 expeditions on Everest — the most there has ever been at one time . |
| 6 | But there usually is at this time of year anyway . |
| 7 | Martin was for some years tutor to the MacLeods of Skye , and had also been at one time a scholar at Leiden University in the Netherlands . |
| 8 | " I have n't been for some time . |
| 9 | " No , and there have n't been for some time . " |
| 10 | One morning he also opened up the building , went upstairs and came down and there was these fresh footprints on a part of the building which he had n't been at that time and he , like myself , looked all over the building and not a soul in sight . |
| 11 | You 're growing up , yes , but you 're not grown-up and you wo n't be for some time , and in the meantime you 're still my girl . |
| 12 | There seems to be no doubt , therefore , that Yugoslav trade values are ( or at least were at that time ) underreported in terms of dollars , and that the difference was especially large in the case of Yugoslav imports . |
| 13 | Bradshaw and Miller 's work has shown that a substantial proportion of single mothers have never been in full time employment . |
| 14 | ‘ Never is at this time , sir . |
| 15 | No there never is at this time of day , there is n't news |