Example sentences of "[be] the [adj] time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother told my father and I think that must have been the worst time of my life . |
| 2 | Yes , that had been the happiest time of her life . |
| 3 | There 's this piece of contemporary mythology that the forties are the best time of your life . |
| 4 | When I was at college , I used to think , ‘ This must be the best time of life . ’ |
| 5 | must be the quietest time of day for us . |
| 6 | I think this will be the sixth time of my career that a promotion or relegation issue has reached the final day . |
| 7 | I think this will be the sixth time of my career that a promotion or relegation issue has reached the final day . |
| 8 | What is the best time of year to spray woodworm fluid ? |
| 9 | This is the best time of the year for seeking out the Great Bear , though from most of Australia and South Africa it is always very low , and from Sydney or the Cape only part of it rises . |
| 10 | ‘ This is the best time of the day , ’ she said , taking a mouthful of ale . |
| 11 | This is antipodal to the empirically visible history in which the time of all histories is the simple time of continuity and in which the ‘ content ’ is the vacuity of events that occur in it which one later tries to determine with dividing procedures in order to ‘ periodise ’ that continuity . |
| 12 | This is the one time of year when I wish I did n't live in the depths of Devon , as my nearest indoor school is 1¾ hours away , and Ferdi Eilberg my dressage trainer lives 3½ miles away ! |
| 13 | When you meet somebody , especially if it is the first time of meeting , your senses are working flat out to process all the data . |
| 14 | Sunday lunch has a suitable sense of occasion about it and for many people it is the only time of the week when they can relax and enjoy a leisurely get-together with family or friends . |
| 15 | With its spectacular sunrises , fresh mountain air and inspiring tranquillity , early morning is the perfect time of day to explore all the outdoor pursuits that abound in Royal Deeside … |
| 16 | This is the worst time of day for the solitary traveller , when the lights begin to mellow , and life slows down , and the evening looms ahead . |
| 17 | You know , one must remember there are so many lonely people , and Christmas is the worst time of the year . |
| 18 | Perhaps , Isabel decided , it is the wrong time of the year and I must wait until July or August , when they arrive as tourists . |
| 19 | BELVILLE : Now , Pamela , is the dreadful time of reckoning come that I have threatened . |
| 20 | ‘ What 's the best time of year to avoid Kenya 's rainy season … ? ’ |
| 21 | It 's the best time of the day for me . |
| 22 | It 's the best time of the day to go up when there 's nobody . |
| 23 | The game about to be got under way here , it 's the second time of course that we 've had the taste of European football in just er inside a few weeks here at Lane , a very poor night for weather , you who 've not ventured out well , I think we understand that er because er as we say , it 's not a night when you would turn the dog out . |
| 24 | It 's the busiest time of the year for cooks , so this month 's issue is packed with tips and advice to give you a helping hand . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've said it 's the wrong time of the year for that . |
| 26 | It 's the wrong time of year for blossom to grow . |
| 27 | It 's the worst time of the year . |
| 28 | Ask them how it 's being transported and what 's the expected time of arrival . |
| 29 | ‘ And here we are at the same time of year — well , they tell us it 's the same time of year , ’ he said , sarcastically , ‘ — and what we 're expected to eat are knobbly things actually grown in dirt ! |
| 30 | Oh the teachers were very good , they usually greeted you with a big plum or something , if it was the right time of the year , which it usually was . |