Example sentences of "be a very [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's been a very frustrating time for me , ’ admitted Small , who was an instant hit at Upton Park after signing from Brighton . |
| 2 | Erm , but it 's obviously been a very trying time for them . |
| 3 | ‘ I am very sorry , ’ he said , ‘ but you must understand it has been a very long time … |
| 4 | Anyway , it had been a very long time ago , goodness gracious , it had been at least six years . |
| 5 | ‘ It has been a very rough time indeed . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Then William and Harry would have had the support of their parents during what must undoubtedly be a very traumatic time for them . |
| 12 | This week 's Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool would be a very appropriate time for such a statement by Mrs Thatcher . |
| 13 | This should include public holidays which may be a very valuable time for many families . |
| 14 | Particularly at what must be a very distressing time for you . ’ |
| 15 | It must be a very difficult time for her . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | there have n't been many ice hockey sims on the 64 — the only two I can recall ( Powerplay Hockey and Superstar Ice Hockey ) were a very long time ago . |
| 18 | By and large , the 1980s were a very unhappy time for the England Test team , with only the occasional series victory to relieve the encircling gloom . |
| 19 | There was someone before in Alex 's day , that 's a very long time ago . |
| 20 | That 's a very long time ago ! |
| 21 | It 's a very difficult time , we 're just living from day to day . |
| 22 | There are a number of mechanisms in place that are good by themselves , but when I add it together , it 's a very large time segment that we are always fighting . |
| 23 | I think tennis still growing and it 's a very exciting time to be involved . ’ |
| 24 | It 's a very bad time . |
| 25 | David Hughes-Hallet explains ‘ We do n't actually own the reserve , we just manage it by agreement with the owner , so the sale is a very uncertain time for us . ’ |
| 26 | But , I I do n't really think I could make it any clearer , but you need to , perhaps take it home and go through it again , and think about it and see if you can understand it , you know , in the quiet of your own bedroom , plus is a very useful time to try and learn things . |
| 27 | erm I I think that being able to acknowledge for themselves — the adults — for them to be able to acknowledge to themselves that this is a very stressful time , that erm that children may be needing that extra bit of sensitivity erm in terms of how we respond to their behaviour , which may be very erm connected with the general level excitement and and stress that I think we as adults are feeling , and certainly that are being picked up from the media . |
| 28 | Vienna Dear Fräulein Arandt , It is a very long time since I heard from you . |
| 29 | But it is a very long time since anyone attempted a popular history of the left in Britain . |
| 30 | One of the points we made was that even a few years in multimedia development is a very long time . |