Example sentences of "have [been] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had not specified , but somewhere around four thirty to five would have been a reasonable time to return . |
| 2 | It must have been a long time ago . |
| 3 | It must have been a testing time for the boffins at the Telecommunications Research Establishment ( TRE ) at Malvern to find an operational RAF pilot in their midst , competing with them and reducing by months the time-scale normally associated with getting things done . |
| 4 | It must have been a worrying time for Titfords and Hasteds alike , not to mention the rest of the inhabitants of the densely-populated riverside parishes ; the victims of the killer — or rather the remains — were laid to rest in a corner of St George 's churchyard , while the murderer himself , who eventually committed suicide , was buried with a stake through him at the top of Cannon Street where the newly-built Commercial Road crossed . |
| 5 | There can hardly ever have been a tougher time to persuade banks to part with their money . |
| 6 | Seriously though , it must have been a bad time . |
| 7 | There was no question of saying to myself ‘ better luck next time ’ — there might not have been a next time . |