Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] [adj] time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is about the fourth time we 've played |
| 2 | That 's about the only time I 've liked it here . ’ |
| 3 | It 's about the only time I really hate the job , you know — with accidents and so on … having to tell the relatives , and all that . ’ |
| 4 | Professor Mark Roberts , speaking from the centre of the critical consensus , declared : ‘ It does n't issue from an understanding of reality which is not to be denied , it is not moulded by some controlling vision of things which is at the same time its raison d'être . ’ |
| 5 | It should be clear by this time that if there is one critical statement entirely and absolutely wrong , it is the one quoted at the start of this chapter , about The Lord of the Rings not being ‘ moulded by some controlling vision of things which is at the same time its raison d'être' . |
| 6 | Well the County made certificates for the Polytechnic phase two student hostels off John Garne Way , er that actually for phase one was about the last time they got an award at all , and er the panel were very pleased with those , they said they had a nice community feel , and yet the occupants had some privacy , they thought they , and they were pleased to see how well phase one had weathered as well . |
| 7 | It was like the first time she 'd seen him , just after Peter had introduced her as his fiancée . |
| 8 | I saw it happen with Jaco Pastorius — I know what it was like the first time I heard him . |