Example sentences of "be [det] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been such a long time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ It has been such a long time ! |
| 4 | ‘ It 's been such a long time , and I want you so much that I could easily make a mess of this , ’ he confessed . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's been such a long time since you 've seen him . |
| 6 | It 's been such a long time , too long … ’ |
| 7 | And it had all been such a long time ago ! |
| 8 | He said : ‘ It has been such a long time coming I had almost given up hope . |
| 9 | It had been such a confusing time for her — the quarrel with Stephen and her mother 's death following so closely . |
| 10 | Is this a good time to invest with them ? |
| 11 | I 'll give you lots of support — Helen : Is this a good time for you to do this , though ? |
| 12 | would she be able to is this a full time worker you 've got ? |
| 13 | ‘ Is this a bad time ? ’ he asked , allowing Rain to put him off . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I 'd like to know why that day is such a long time coming . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But as you said , Harri , it 's such a long time ago . |
| 18 | It 's such a relaxing time of year , and everyone — cook included — welcomes the informal atmosphere . |
| 19 | It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years . |
| 20 | It 's all a long time ago now of course . |
| 21 | Not because she could n't remember , but because it was such a long time since she 'd seen her and she felt strange , suddenly , knowing that this time tomorrow they would be on their way to Scotland and she would be waiting for them . |
| 22 | This element of the second stanza creates a sensation that Tithonus now refers to himself as a completely different man to what he was in his youth as it was such a long time ago . |
| 23 | She 'd stood there at the door where he was such a short time before . |
| 24 | And I had a couple of months making it and god , it was such a wonderful time I had and writing the lyrics and saying things about love and feelings that have meant something to me over the years . |
| 25 | ‘ That was all a long time ago now . ’ |
| 26 | It was all a long time , such a very long time , ago . |
| 27 | But that was all a long time ago , was n't it ? |
| 28 | As I told you that was all a long time ago . |
| 29 | ‘ It is none of my affair and , besides , it was all a long time ago . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , well … that was all a long time ago , ’ Laura said firmly . |