Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] the time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Oh , it 's just the time of the month . ’
2 It 's just the time that really , you know , I just wan na get home .
3 Well , it 's only the time of the month . ’
4 It should be stressed that they should carry on normally during the observation period ; it is simply the time when the specified behaviours are recorded .
5 It is also the time to format column C to show dates and column H to currency or fixed format with two decimal places .
6 The resources for training programmes are available in the form of premises , training staff and ideas — it is just the time that is missing to allow staff to participate ’ …
7 With mid-summer approaching , it is hardly the time to reflect on winter festivals , but the success of the kids Christmas party in the canteen on 15th December could not pass without a mention .
8 It is certainly the time when the bereaved person begins to think about forming new attachments in various ways .
9 As air fresheners and other chemicals deliver only temporary results , it is now the time to try a new product which does n't just mask smells , but actually digests them , claim the manufacturers .
10 Bunny did n't feel it was either the time or the place to mention the half-dozen empty aspirin bottles strewn about the floor of the phone box — their contents were later found heaped like so many loose sweets in the bottom of her handbag — or that she had ‘ popped out ’ in the middle of the scene in Cleopatra 's boudoir .
11 She bit back her anger , for it was neither the time nor the place to start an argument .
12 It was also the time that the National Joint Action Committee for Women 's Equal Rights had been formed .
13 Grierson , in fact , lived a singularly carefree and untroubled existence but Talbot thought it was hardly the time to point this out to him .
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