Example sentences of "be [adj] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've been asleep a long time . ’ |
| 2 | Or perhaps it had been clear a long time before that . |
| 3 | It 's been such a long time . |
| 4 | I do n't know whether I ever meant to call on Ben or not — it 's been such a long time — but I was interested to see the boat . |
| 5 | ‘ It has been such a long time ! |
| 6 | ‘ It 's been such a long time , and I want you so much that I could easily make a mess of this , ’ he confessed . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's been such a long time since you 've seen him . |
| 8 | It 's been such a long time , too long … ’ |
| 9 | And it had all been such a long time ago ! |
| 10 | He said : ‘ It has been such a long time coming I had almost given up hope . |
| 11 | It had been such a confusing time for her — the quarrel with Stephen and her mother 's death following so closely . |
| 12 | The Swiss crew was stroked by Jeremy West , the French crew included East German veteran Rudi Helm , the USSR/Italian team included masters Schaparenko and Tichenko and there was a USSR/Israeli crew , something which would have been unthinkable a short time before . |
| 13 | ‘ I have been patient a long time , nonya . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ He 'd been ill a long time . |
| 15 | That is , in addition to the tendency to feel tired because we have been awake a long time , there is some rhythmic change that decreases our fatigue at some times and increases it at others . |
| 16 | I must have been unconscious a long time . |
| 17 | Worse , he told her that naturally he never used the lifts because if one were faulty he could be stuck a long time with no one to free him . |
| 18 | Jackets that had been second-hand a long time ago , trousers the same . |
| 19 | Is this a good time to invest with them ? |
| 20 | I 'll give you lots of support — Helen : Is this a good time for you to do this , though ? |
| 21 | would she be able to is this a full time worker you 've got ? |
| 22 | ‘ Is this a bad time ? ’ he asked , allowing Rain to put him off . |
| 23 | Is this an appropriate time to erm ? |
| 24 | Others I met included , who had organised this splendid day in conjunction with , who live at nearby Fonmon Castle , in South Glamorgan ; , who is secretary of the Cirencester Polo Club , and his charming wife who is such a good time keeper and was going to time the match later . |
| 25 | I 'd like to know why that day is such a long time coming . |
| 26 | I did try and help her about how to run a war because it 's such a long time since anybody 's run a war — I mean the technical methods of running a war — which she did very well . |
| 27 | But as you said , Harri , it 's such a long time ago . |
| 28 | It 's such a relaxing time of year , and everyone — cook included — welcomes the informal atmosphere . |
| 29 | It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years . |
| 30 | It 's all a long time ago now of course . |