Example sentences of "be [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | For 30 per cent this would be for the first time , yet almost half our sample are installing an additional or replacement shower . |
| 2 | Maidstone 's the place to be for the first time ever , all four candidates are female . |
| 3 | It might be for the last time . ’ |
| 4 | She climbed into the carriage knowing it would perhaps be for the last time ; maintaining the horses and the grooms was a luxury she would have to forgo . |
| 5 | She knew that if she were whirled down again it would be for the last time . |
| 6 | This is my speech , not the hon. Gentleman 's , and I warn him that if I give way now it will be for the last time . |
| 7 | ‘ But I came late into the first-class game , I 'm 28 now and I really want to be in the big time before I end my career . ’ |
| 8 | So what 's it like for young David to be in the big time . |
| 9 | So what 's it like for young David to be in the big time . |
| 10 | We need to ensure that our white collar members have the help and the support and the advice available to them , but that help and that advice needs to be at the right time and at the right place . |
| 11 | These talks will all be at the usual time , date and place — 7.30 p.m. on the first Friday of the month , at the Community College , Bishop 's Castle . |
| 12 | These talks will all be at the usual time , date and place — 7.30 p.m. on the first Friday of the month , at the Community College , Bishop 's Castle . |
| 13 | Just a quick reminder ; tomorrow 's night 's programme will be at the earlier time of 6 p.m . |
| 14 | ‘ If the Certificate of Primary Education tested material which was firmly within the grasp of primary school teachers : if it tested the ability to re–son and understand relationships of cause and effect ; and , if , above all , it tested relevant and practical knowledge , it would be at the same time both a more efficient and equitable instrument for selecting secondary school entrants and also a more useful preparation for those for whom primary education is terminal . |