Example sentences of "it a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’ |
| 2 | Patience has sat upon it a long time , |
| 3 | ‘ They say they 're tough and taste of fish , ’ Marian said ; ‘ we shall have to roast it a long time . ’ |
| 4 | You did it a long time before anybody else . |
| 5 | Because I started doing it a long time ago |
| 6 | I remember your saying it a long time ago . ’ |
| 7 | And I and when you 've had it a long time you |
| 8 | I stared at it a long time . |
| 9 | Oh yes been making it a long time . |
| 10 | Had it a long time have n't you ? |
| 11 | You 'd recognize this if you are a driver and especially a driver who maybe has the opportunity of travelling long distance , now years ago when I was younger and perhaps some of you in the audience when you were younger , you could go from here to the South of England with no trouble , without a break and you 'd head on down the motorway and you , you 'd be alert and alive and er ready to meet up with all sorts of emergencies and you 'd drive quite well all the way down , non stop down the South of England , but if you 're like me now , when I get to Stafford on the motorway you 're beginning to feel as if you 've had enough and it 's difficult to try and keep your concentration as you used to years ago , and that 's how it can be in the truth sometimes , when we 've been with it a long time that , we grow older not only physically , but spiritually too we become very experienced in the truth and we become very sort of fat spiritually , we can live off of that fat ca n't we ? |
| 12 | Well we 've had it a long time do n't know how long it lasts . |
| 13 | Mercury , your ruler , begins to move through your sign , making it a good time to plan for the future . |
| 14 | ‘ When in general is it a good time for me to phone you ? |
| 15 | The problem is that annuity rates fall as interest rates fall , so is it a good time to buy an annuity when interest rates are low and what can be done about it ? |
| 16 | Is it a good time to try it ? |
| 17 | Sunday 's dynamic , no-nonsense , no-holds barred mood makes it a go-ahead time . |
| 18 | ‘ We 'd only had it a short time but it was very tame and friendly . |
| 19 | We are inundated with relatives we encourage it and we make it a special time . |