Example sentences of "[verb] [be] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Would that 've been a full time then or would she have done other |
2 | ‘ It would 've been a bad time for t'road between t'two farms ti be blocked wi' snow . ’ |
3 | nationally it has been a stimulating time . |
4 | It has been a long time since the women 's game has been so open ; hopefully it will continue . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
7 | It has been a long time . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | But Boogie 's TriAxis has been a long time coming , and there are great expectations to live up to … |
11 | With more and more database engines sitting on networked servers , it has been a long time coming — the tricky bit , says Shandell is implementing ‘ remote queue pointers ’ . |
12 | It has been a long time coming , and apparently impatient fans bombard the Pan press office weekly for information on its appearance . |
13 | ‘ It has been a long time , Warren , ’ she said evenly . |
14 | Even the products division which has been a long time drag on profitability improved its performance , and was well up too . |
15 | and that has been a long time coming but it now appears to be |
16 | ‘ Well , it has been a long time , and I expect you and Marissa … ’ |
17 | ‘ Well , ’ she taunted foolishly , ‘ it has been a long time . ’ |
18 | It has been a traumatic time for everyone at Burston during the past year or so and a great deal has been achieved over a very short time . |
19 | ‘ It has been a traumatic time , with nobody really knowing what was happening . |
20 | ‘ It has been a good time to come into the market , ’ said Steve Leroux , leasing manager . |
21 | It has been a strange time for customs officers thought Western Europe and North America . |
22 | The past year has been a vexing time for most research councils finding themselves in the situation of having to reduce their volume of activity within a failing budget . |
23 | This has been a painful time for you . ’ |
24 | It was Millwall 's first defeat in eight games and Crosby said : ‘ It has been a hard time . |
25 | ‘ My family have been great in sticking with me during what has been a hard time . ’ |
26 | It has been a busy time in London , with new contracts across the city . |
27 | The Trevino era has been a special time of my life and he 's made me feel special . |
28 | ALL I want is a fantastic time with just as crazy a female . |
29 | It 's quite funny really because er I used to go off I had an agreement with the headmaster at that particular time and he 'd h I 'd been a full time teacher with him , and he needed somebody desperately , that was the only reason obviously he wanted me back , and er I said Well look I can come back but I ca n't get back in order to go to the assembly at first . |
30 | She had not specified , but somewhere around four thirty to five would have been a reasonable time to return . |