Example sentences of "[verb] been a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | She had not specified , but somewhere around four thirty to five would have been a reasonable time to return . |
| 32 | It must have been a long time ago . |
| 33 | It must have been a testing time for the boffins at the Telecommunications Research Establishment ( TRE ) at Malvern to find an operational RAF pilot in their midst , competing with them and reducing by months the time-scale normally associated with getting things done . |
| 34 | It must have been a worrying time for Titfords and Hasteds alike , not to mention the rest of the inhabitants of the densely-populated riverside parishes ; the victims of the killer — or rather the remains — were laid to rest in a corner of St George 's churchyard , while the murderer himself , who eventually committed suicide , was buried with a stake through him at the top of Cannon Street where the newly-built Commercial Road crossed . |
| 35 | There can hardly ever have been a tougher time to persuade banks to part with their money . |
| 36 | Seriously though , it must have been a bad time . |
| 37 | There was no question of saying to myself ‘ better luck next time ’ — there might not have been a next time . |
| 38 | ‘ It must have been an awful time for you . ’ |
| 39 | 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 ’ . |
| 40 | The late 1920s and '30s seems to have been a bad time in the Woodchester area for fires . |
| 41 | It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | It had been a long time since he had felt like that . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back . |
| 49 | She reached for her silk dressing gown and pulled it on ; she felt good , it had been a long time since she had awoken feeling so alive . |
| 50 | It had been a long time since she had had to stop herself simply blowing away an enemy that she found herself unable to either maim or restrain . |
| 51 | There had been a long time when he had been surrounded by wire and bars . |
| 52 | It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago . |
| 53 | She did not know what sort of oddness to imagine , but they had been a long time and there had been peculiar noises . |
| 54 | That had been a long time ago . |
| 55 | But that had been a long time ago . |
| 56 | It had been a long time since I — ’ He broke off . |
| 57 | It had been a long time since she had felt this way . |
| 58 | It had been a long time ago and the jungle had reclaimed its own . |
| 59 | It had been a long time since she 'd laughed , joined in a joke , been silly just for the hell of it . |
| 60 | It had been a long time since she 'd met anyone even remotely interesting , and whatever this man was he certainly was n't remote ! |