Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rarely in Rover 's history has there been a time when it has done so many things so well as now . |
| 2 | Has there been a time when someone has helped you to see the world in a different way ? |
| 3 | ‘ I always say there 's no time like the present . ’ |
| 4 | Because the frequencies of all the components are well below the critical frequency , the phase shift β is always small enough to make the approximation or Corresponding to the phase shift there is a time delay per section given by The crucial point to emerge from equation ( 9.33 ) is that the delay is almost independent of frequency so that all Fourier components of the signal experience virtually the same delay and the signal is transmitted , delayed but virtually undistorted , as well as virtually unattenuated . |
| 5 | To talk about causation or creation implicitly assumes there was a time before the big bang singularity . |
| 6 | I already know there 's no time limit between committing a murder and being charged with it . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We know there 's a time share Yeah ? |
| 9 | In fact , I do n't think there was a time when you ever did belong to me . ’ |
| 10 | The inspector , though , agreed there was no time like the present for a meeting . |
| 11 | Léonie decided there was no time to put on a dress . |
| 12 | By the time I started to react there was no time to do anything except at the instinctive level . |
| 13 | It was grey and , and mustard , it sounds revolting but we , we were a bit , I suppose it was the time we had a purple carpet , we had an orange wall , do you remember that living room ? |
| 14 | Written questions had been invited , and 40 were received on a wide variety of subjects , which meant there was no time for extras from the floor , although the audience did contribute some penetrating comment . |
| 15 | They also put a closing date on the offer which meant there was no time to try again . |
| 16 | I knew there was no time to lose and no point in hesitating — I was going to explode soon — so I put my head down and broke free from Jamie and the girl , running off down the street . |
| 17 | Right , O K , I understood it was the time factor that was , right . |
| 18 | We thought it was the time when we could make a gesture in return . ’ |
| 19 | What we gave you is the time they come and the next weekend they were back again , and I 'd warned them several times and in the end I said look forget it , and I had it , you know , the works gone off , erm , and as far as I 'm concerned it 's Wednesday nights , I 've really got to , and the price I started to pay , is no longer worth it to me . |
| 20 | You have to work and train the hardest , which means there 's no time for a career . |
| 21 | You see I think it 's the time , I think you 've got to think about what time of day as well , have n't you ? |
| 22 | I think a good example to use with younger people with er pe with pensions as well is that the , the er the cutting down of funding that the government is making and it 's going to be hitting like the younger people and another important thing is like with the , with the Australia issue , I mean in Australia now it 's compulsory for everybody under the age of twenty five to have a personal pension and that r and that age rise is going to , that age limit is going to rise each time because they want to abolish the State pension completely and it was only , what , what about two months ago that there was , that there was er articles in I think it was The Times about them doing a similar operation in this country , you know ? |
| 23 | ‘ We admit there was a time when the North-East service was among the worst in the country in terms of reliability but we have had a massive turnaround of fortune . ’ |
| 24 | Now just so that they see whether to times or divide we 've got to tell them , it 's no good just putting a ten there is it I 've got to say it 's a times or divide okay ? |
| 25 | Before long , a celebrity might find there is no time to tour write new songs or even go on holiday — there is still the charity compilation LP to complete , the three benefit gigs to appear at and the university talks tour to do . |
| 26 | There are little tricks , for example , if it 's a time clause , when you think to yourself oh God it 's one of those lists , you sit down and calm yourself , take a Valium or whatever it is and just apply yourselves to that , right , what the next point is so the first thing I want you to do is stop at this time clause , when you realize it 's a time clause I want you to go trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot to the main verb , alright ? |