Example sentences of "be a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ After all … you 're a long time retired ’ , he says . |
2 | With a first baby you 're a long time , especially with my build . |
3 | Webb , 28 , who played for Northern until his medical studies took him to the west country , said : ‘ You 're a long time retired . |
4 | Cor you 're a long time coming back from the Rose and Crown , do n't forget that 's where we were |
5 | It has been a long time since the women 's game has been so open ; hopefully it will continue . |
6 | It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better . |
7 | It had been a long time since we last saw one of those , so we bought ice cream , sat in the sun and wrote postcards at the Reykjahlid shop . |
8 | Mr Peter Preston , editor of the Guardian , yesterday said : ‘ This has been a long time coming and there are things in it like the enhanced role for proprietors that I 'm not very keen on , ’ he said . |
9 | ‘ Think I 'll shleep here tonight , it 's been a long time , ’ he hiccupped . |
10 | Appointed a Privy Counsellor two years ago , his promotion seems to have been a long time coming , prompting some commentators to dub him ‘ The Nearly Man ’ . |
11 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
12 | In a way , the revolution had been a long time coming and somewhat contained in America , despite the reactions of the mass media which had been — like all conservative America — horrified , if not titillated by the lurid images of beat youth . |
13 | It has been a long time . |
14 | Well that 's no surprise ; but it 's been a long time in coming . |
15 | SCIENCE FICTION breeds more science fiction and success breeds sequels : these two have been a long time coming Forty years since the first Foundation tale , 14 since 001 : A Space Odyssey — can Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke repeat their successes ? |
16 | This is a very beautiful music , serene , noble , discreet , poignant , composed , grief-stricken , understated , sublime — it has been a long time since I discovered anything quite so touching . |
17 | Gooch 's biography has been a long time coming but Ivo Tennant has been thorough in his survey of hitherto uncharted waters , and the wait has been worthwhile . |
18 | It 's been a long time in the pipeline … |
19 | But Boogie 's TriAxis has been a long time coming , and there are great expectations to live up to … |
20 | It 's been a long time coming but Syndicate , the latest from Populous and Powermonger creators Bullfrog , looks worth it . |
21 | It had been a long time since he had felt like that . |
22 | It 's been a long time . ’ |
23 | Maybe because tonight the warning had been a long time sounding , had started its tormented wailing just when everyone began to think the bombers were n't coming . |
24 | IT 'S been a long time since Sister Jacques-Marie took her clothes off for public viewing . |
25 | ‘ It 's been a long time and I am not going to rush it . |
26 | I told you , it 's been a long time … ’ |
27 | ‘ It 's been a long time . ’ |
28 | It was a dream , it had been a long time since Hari had seen her mother smile for the death of her husband had knocked all the spirit out of Win Morgan . |
29 | Because of the ancient feud with the Dwarfs , it had been a long time since any High Elf had set foot on the Old World . |
30 | With more and more database engines sitting on networked servers , it has been a long time coming — the tricky bit , says Shandell is implementing ‘ remote queue pointers ’ . |