Example sentences of "there [is] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's a time and a place for it . |
| 2 | But this time when I go back I mean to stay and die there , because , let me tell you ’ — she wagged her finger first at the Colonel and then at Reginald — ‘ there 's a time coming when there 'll be no France and very little England , or any place else . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ There 's a time and a place for a joke , but this is n't it . |
| 4 | Now that I am back on the England scene , my cash flow has picked up again but , at the age of 40 , I know there 's a time limit left on my playing career . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's a time and a place , ’ she replied . |
| 6 | There 's a time in your life when you will want to replace your paperbacks and forgotten best sellers with a library of beautiful and important books . |
| 7 | Fortunately he did n't , for what she said now was , ‘ There 's no one likes a laugh more than I do , but there 's a time and a place for everything . |
| 8 | A student 's life is ruled by the clock : there 's a time to be up and about if you want breakfast ; a time to be in college for a lecture or tutorial ; a time by which you must hand in an essay or project report ; a time to study and a time to relax . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's a time limit on this , you know . ’ |
| 10 | And there 's a time when my father lived at the , and I 'm going up the road this night and I hears this queer kind of grunting , and I could n't understand it of course it was dark and I hears it again . |
| 11 | There 's a time to die and that ai n't it . |
| 12 | ‘ There 's a time and place under heaven for everything . ’ |
| 13 | There 's a time when you have to strike hard at a decisive moment . ’ |
| 14 | Well , there 's a time to call a bluff and a time to fold — fold up , roll over and beg for mercy , that is . |
| 15 | Most of non-statutory work is giving advice to people like control , and others , which may not be purely statutory in the sense that is , but the major difference is there 's a time when it 's imposed on when we have to do it . |
| 16 | ‘ But there 's a time and a place for everything , and it 's time I moved on — saw a bit more of your beautiful country — maybe a bit of the world too , who knows ? ’ |
| 17 | We know there 's a time share Yeah ? |
| 18 | I said erm there 's a time limit I said . |
| 19 | Er on the horses that 's understandable , they can start off and probably do n't knock theirself but there 's a time they 'd done twenty or thirty mile pulling a load . |
| 20 | I left when there was a time of barrenness and I went into another country and now there 's a time of plenty and I 'm going back home what are they going to say to me ? |
| 21 | If there is a time to sew and a time to reap , the latter has not yet arrived . |
| 22 | There is a time when they are expected to be looked after by family , friends and neighbours because they are too overcome to cope by themselves . |
| 23 | There is a time when people gather to say prayers and comfort the mourners . |
| 24 | Indeed , there is a time lag in the uptake of many research ideas of up to at least a decade in some instances ( 18 ) . |
| 25 | If you only discover the negligence years later , you can still claim , but there is a time limit . |
| 26 | ‘ There is a time and a place for everything , my lady , and this is neither , alas ! |
| 27 | I believe in healing , but ‘ there is a time to die ’ . |
| 28 | Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 well illustrates their way of thinking , ‘ There is a time for everything , a time for every occupation under heaven : a time for giving birth , dying , planting , killing , healing , knocking down , building , etc . ’ |
| 29 | Most Christians believe that there is a time in the future when Jesus will return . |
| 30 | There is a time for ambiguity and there is a time for action . |