Example sentences of "[adv] [was/were] [adv] [art] time " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Something like that , ’ Now was not the time to suggest to this woman that her husband had been a blackmailer as well as a thief . |
2 | But now was not the time to rock the boat . |
3 | Now was not the time for reminiscing . |
4 | Now was not the time to tell him how she had tried to phone her mother , had dialled the number and her father answered . |
5 | ( Now was not the time to say that I had danced only on the boards of my Leeds bedroom … ) |
6 | Now was not the time for emotion , but for logic . |
7 | There were , thought Dalgliesh , other possibilities , but now was not the time to discuss them . |
8 | Huy wanted to ask more about the policeman , but decided that now was not the time . |
9 | Now was not the time to preach . |
10 | However , now was not the time to probe into his previous daydreams , and before anything further could be said a shout came from Matt , who had left them to attend to the fire burning beneath the two billies of water which hung from an iron bar . |
11 | But now was not the time to tell him . |
12 | But now was not the time to worry about it . |
13 | As the rate of interest fell , so there would be a contraction of the money supply ( a movement down along the Ms curve ) and an increase in the demand for money balances especially speculative balances , since people would increasingly judge with lower interest rates that now was not the time to buy securities ( there is a movement down along the liquidity preference curve ) . |
14 | Yet she sensed that now was not the time to press for a formal interview . |
15 | Meryl wondered if he had a sense of humour , although now was n't the time to find out . |
16 | It was true , as Annie had said , that now was hardly the time to talk about dances , drugs and Jack Butler but it was important for Kelly to talk to her . |
17 | The last time I was going out seriously was around the time of Shoom , which was very exciting . |