Example sentences of "been a [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | It has been a rather nail-biting time in Bedford Square . |
2 | The return to London had not , despite the paper 's success , been a particularly happy time for the Scot . |
3 | Yes Geraldine certainly implied that it had been a jolly hard time . |
4 | ‘ It 's been a very frustrating time for me , ’ admitted Small , who was an instant hit at Upton Park after signing from Brighton . |
5 | Erm , but it 's obviously been a very trying time for them . |
6 | ‘ I am very sorry , ’ he said , ‘ but you must understand it has been a very long time … |
7 | Anyway , it had been a very long time ago , goodness gracious , it had been at least six years . |
8 | ‘ It has been a very rough time indeed . |
9 | It had been a very unhappy time for him , especially since he knew that his advancing years prevented him from getting a job as a carman . |
10 | If it had been a more crowded time there would have been unbelievable numbers , ’ he said . |
11 | It has been an awful long time in the development , but V M Technologies , the semiconductor development affiliate of ASCII Corp , the software development company run by Kazuhiko Nishi , which has been having a rough time of it of late , has finally announced that it has completed the preparation to sell its long-promised home-grown microprocessor fully compatible with Intel Corp 's 80386 , the first 80386 clone developed in Japan . |
12 | ‘ It has been an awful long time just getting to this stage , but it will be worth it if we can succeed . ’ |
13 | It 's been an awful long time for this part has n't it ? |