Example sentences of "was the [adj] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catherine agreed that now was the right time to go there . |
| 2 | In the meantime , he eventually sold the Company as its peak in 1987 , he had made another small fortune , and with some 30 aeroplanes and 80 pilots on the books he felt it was the right time to let it go . |
| 3 | Perhaps now was the right time to ask Rohmer just what the hell he really was , just what the hell was really going on … ? |
| 4 | He repeated , together with the Chairman of the Social Work Committee , Mrs Mairhi Trickett , that seven o'clock in the morning was the right time to take the children , as it was a time when families would all be together . |
| 5 | He seemed to have decided that now was the right time to clean the Great Hall floor and was poking the mop head in among the boys ’ legs , muttering to himself . |
| 6 | ‘ It was the right time to get married . |
| 7 | And although 75 per cent of them thought 16 was the right time to start having sex , girls admitted they still made the mistake , often with drastic consequences , of saying Yes when they really meant No . |
| 8 | Late at night was the best time to leave . |
| 9 | One fact I did recognize and hang on to was that late afternoon was the best time to find a young mother at home . |
| 10 | That was the longest time given to any private Bill since the Great Western Railway Bill of 1835 . |
| 11 | It was eleven o'clock before all the family were in bed , and two o'clock next morning was the latest time to set off with the beehives . |