Example sentences of "[vb infin] been [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would that 've been a full time then or would she have done other |
| 2 | ‘ It would 've been a bad time for t'road between t'two farms ti be blocked wi' snow . ’ |
| 3 | She had not specified , but somewhere around four thirty to five would have been a reasonable time to return . |
| 4 | It must have been a long time ago . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | There can hardly ever have been a tougher time to persuade banks to part with their money . |
| 8 | Seriously though , it must have been a bad time . |
| 9 | There was no question of saying to myself ‘ better luck next time ’ — there might not have been a next time . |
| 10 | This must have been the only time John ever had his work discussed in detail by a choreographer of Balanchine 's gifts and experience , and although Buckle described him as ‘ looking somewhat quelled ’ his nature was such as to profit from it . |
| 11 | They were quietly seething , June 1988 may not have been the right time for demonstrations , but parts of the student body and some sectors of the urban population appeared to be contemplating some form of action to let the government know of their intentions . |
| 12 | With Senator McCarthy 's campaign against treason in the State Department having just got under way this may hardly have been the best time for dispassionate analysis although , if it is not too academic a point , one can not help comparing these propositions with an earlier assessment ( 13 October 1948 ) . |
| 13 | Must have been the same time I did my leg in . |
| 14 | ‘ What would have been the latest time that the body could have been put in and carried away ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Must have been the last time I saw him . |
| 16 | The shows on that 1987 reunion tour are among the best we 've done and I remember a cracking night in the Olympia which would have been the last time we visited Dublin . |
| 17 | My mother told my father and I think that must have been the worst time of my life . |
| 18 | ‘ It must have been an awful time for you . ’ |