Example sentences of "[be] a [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been a rather nail-biting time in Bedford Square . |
| 2 | The return to London had not , despite the paper 's success , been a particularly happy time for the Scot . |
| 3 | Yes Geraldine certainly implied that it had been a jolly hard time . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's been a very frustrating time for me , ’ admitted Small , who was an instant hit at Upton Park after signing from Brighton . |
| 5 | Erm , but it 's obviously been a very trying time for them . |
| 6 | ‘ I am very sorry , ’ he said , ‘ but you must understand it has been a very long time … |
| 7 | Anyway , it had been a very long time ago , goodness gracious , it had been at least six years . |
| 8 | ‘ It has been a very rough time indeed . |
| 9 | It had been a very unhappy time for him , especially since he knew that his advancing years prevented him from getting a job as a carman . |
| 10 | If it had been a more crowded time there would have been unbelievable numbers , ’ he said . |
| 11 | K : ‘ The evenings are a very special time but I ca n't take Chloe to the park because there is a hostel for down-and-outs by it and they sit on the park benches drinking and shouting abuse . |
| 12 | It has been an awful long time in the development , but V M Technologies , the semiconductor development affiliate of ASCII Corp , the software development company run by Kazuhiko Nishi , which has been having a rough time of it of late , has finally announced that it has completed the preparation to sell its long-promised home-grown microprocessor fully compatible with Intel Corp 's 80386 , the first 80386 clone developed in Japan . |
| 13 | ‘ It has been an awful long time just getting to this stage , but it will be worth it if we can succeed . ’ |
| 14 | It 's been an awful long time for this part has n't it ? |
| 15 | ‘ No , really — think about the last time you went a day without wearing make-up and I bet it would be a frighteningly long time ago . ’ |
| 16 | It will be a very long time before the actual causes of war are entirely removed , if ever , but a truly human religion would change the historic misuse of long established religions , and serve as a counter to war , not provide justification for it . |
| 17 | Now that he was n't looming over her , she felt more composed , and it would be a very long time before she ever took a stranger on trust again . |
| 18 | I d I know that , there 's that phrase you know , we will never see his like again , I think we probably will , but it will be a very long time , and I can not tell you the infinite feeling of sadness erm , that I felt when I heard of his passing . |
| 19 | Then William and Harry would have had the support of their parents during what must undoubtedly be a very traumatic time for them . |
| 20 | This week 's Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool would be a very appropriate time for such a statement by Mrs Thatcher . |
| 21 | This should include public holidays which may be a very valuable time for many families . |
| 22 | Particularly at what must be a very distressing time for you . ’ |
| 23 | It must be a very difficult time for her . |
| 24 | You 're very keen on commitment this summer , Leo and if you 've recently decided to marry , this will be a very happy time of year for you . |
| 25 | There could hardly be a more opportune time for attempting to salvage something for those young people who are currently gaining little if anything from the educational system . |
| 26 | Six weeks before and immediately after the closedown was assumed to be a more stressful time for the 100 men than one and two years later when 90 per cent of them had found alternative employment . |
| 27 | A week can be an awfully long time in political journalism . |
| 28 | If governments really want to shatter the world economy , January 1991 would be an unusually good time to start . |
| 29 | This will be an especially interesting time for accountants , as Andrew Baird , of specialist software company 4Sight Communications , explains . |
| 30 | This can be an extremely painful time and there may be a complete loss of interest in living and the feeling that there is no point in going on , no point in doing anything . |