Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was at college , I used to think , ‘ This must be the best time of life . ’ |
| 2 | With three of the family married , grandchildren coming along , the youngest still at home and the others visiting frequently , I used to think , This really must be the best time . |
| 3 | An example can be seen at the Didcot Railway Centre With the fine locomotives designed by Daniel Gooch , the GWR 's broad gauge trains formed the first real expresses and indeed the inaugural train from London to Bristol led to the comment that this must be the only time on record that an engineer had exceeded his promises ! |
| 4 | It must be the first time ever in the Five Nations Championship that two referees have dropped out of the opening games , with England 's Ed Morrison missing the Ireland v Wales game through a rib injury , and Yours Truly having to watch the England v Ireland game on television through a ‘ flu virus . |
| 5 | Labour MP Brian Wilson quipped : ‘ It must be the first time Maggie 's had trouble getting people to sign on . |
| 6 | This must be the first time anybody has been profiled in current editions of both Climber & Hill Walker and Homes & Gardens . |
| 7 | But it must be the first time MEN have had to make sure they look good just to answer the phone . |
| 8 | But this must be the first time I 've puked for about two years . |
| 9 | ‘ There we go again — must be the fourth time this month . ’ |
| 10 | must be the quietest time of day for us . |
| 11 | In these circumstances , this might be the best time to eat the remaining portion . |
| 12 | This might be the best time to get that extra reading done ; to work on a project report ; to earn spare cash ; or to attend to non-urgent domestic responsibilities . |
| 13 | It might be the first time you send flowers , but that does n't matter . |
| 14 | At first I had thought she would recover , but when I learned her illness was serious , I decided to visit her at night , for what might be the last time . |
| 15 | For about fifteen minutes he did nothing but sit there contentedly , sipping his coffee and watching their restless , flickering scene around him through half-open eyes : the tall , bearded man with a cigar and a fatuous grin who walked up and down at an unvarying even pace like a clockwork soldier , never looking at anybody ; the plump ageing layabout in a Gestapo officers leather coat and dark glasses holding court outside the door of the cafe , trading secrets and scandal with his men friends , assessing the passers-by as thought they were for sale , calling after women and making hour-glass gestures with his hairy gold-ringed hands ; a frail old man bent like an S , with a crazy harmless expression and a transistor radio pressed to his ear walking with the exaggerated urgency of those who have nowhere to go ; slim Africans with leatherwork belts and bangles laid out on a piece of cloth ; a Gypsy child sitting n the cold stone playing the same four note again and again on a cheap concertina ; two foreigners with guitars an a small crowd around them ; a beggar with his shirt pulled down over one shoulder to reveal the stump of an amputated arm ; a pudgy shapeless women with an open suitcase full of cigarette lighters and bootleg cassettes ; the two Nordic girls at the next table , basking half-naked in the weak March sun as though this might be the last time it appeared this year . |
| 16 | The Admiral can have the admiral 's cabin — it 'll be the first time an admiral has slept there . |
| 17 | It 'll be the first time she 's voted against the government and her former deputy Geoffrey says she 's guilty of disloyalty . |
| 18 | No , this this 'll be the first time they 've come down here in about three or four month . |
| 19 | It 'll be the first time the race will be multi racial . |
| 20 | It 'll be the first time somebody fucking kick in the head ! |
| 21 | No that 'll be the third time |
| 22 | The clear view gives an impression of speed and excitement at what could be the fastest time ever achieved for a human powered vehicle . |
| 23 | You 're in a cool and aloof mood Thursday so this could be the ideal time to take a practical decision . |
| 24 | There has been a strong hint that this will be the last competitive Masters for Arnold Palmer , 63 , and it could be the last time we see the jaunty 90-year-old Gene Sarazen , and Sam Snead , 80 in May , lead off the event with a ceremonial nine holes . |
| 25 | Of course , Catherine had kept away ; it could be the last time he would see his wife alive . |
| 26 | Clint says he has been sitting on the story of Unforgiven for 15 years waiting to grow into the part but denies that this could be the last time he saddles up and rides off into the sunset . |
| 27 | The afternoon may be the best time , as the patients are resting and having visitors . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ This may be the best time to buy . ’ |
| 29 | It may be the first time that they have had to live alone and that a whole new way of life has to be taken on board at a time when they are emotionally upset and feeling the sadness of being parted from their son or daughter . |
| 30 | Although children will already have had everyday experiences with water this may be the first time that water has been offered to them as a material to play and experiment with . |