Example sentences of "[be] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were quietly seething , June 1988 may not have been the right time for demonstrations , but parts of the student body and some sectors of the urban population appeared to be contemplating some form of action to let the government know of their intentions . |
| 2 | It was all much as it had been the first time , only evening instead of morning ; and Emily stood by herself as before , and now he knew why , wearing his ring on another finger . |
| 3 | It had been the first time that he had really seen Sara in tears . |
| 4 | Today had been the first time since he died she had not been tortured with thoughts of her Anthony . |
| 5 | The decision was believed to have been the first time that a US court had extended prisoner of war status to a convicted criminal . |
| 6 | She wanted him to plead with her to stay with him , forever , as he 'd done once before , but this time she would accept and tell him how wrong she had been the first time . |
| 7 | With Senator McCarthy 's campaign against treason in the State Department having just got under way this may hardly have been the best time for dispassionate analysis although , if it is not too academic a point , one can not help comparing these propositions with an earlier assessment ( 13 October 1948 ) . |
| 8 | This must have been the only time John ever had his work discussed in detail by a choreographer of Balanchine 's gifts and experience , and although Buckle described him as ‘ looking somewhat quelled ’ his nature was such as to profit from it . |
| 9 | It had undoubtedly been the only time he 'd been able to relax . |
| 10 | This seems to have been the only time that the English king led his men to victory : had the negotiations which preceded his return from exile the same year included a stipulation by those who complained about his previous behaviour ( see below ) that henceforth there should be more determination in dealing with the enemy ? |
| 11 | ‘ What would have been the latest time that the body could have been put in and carried away ? ’ |
| 12 | My mother told my father and I think that must have been the worst time of my life . |
| 13 | Yes , that had been the happiest time of her life . |
| 14 | Must have been the same time I did my leg in . |
| 15 | No more than that , for we were all on renewable annual contracts and Clive never tired of reminding us just how many eager applicants there had been the last time he 'd had to ‘ let someone go ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Must have been the last time I saw him . |
| 17 | The shows on that 1987 reunion tour are among the best we 've done and I remember a cracking night in the Olympia which would have been the last time we visited Dublin . |
| 18 | There 's this piece of contemporary mythology that the forties are the best time of your life . |
| 19 | ‘ Saturday nights are the best time . |
| 20 | Here are the all time top scorers . |
| 21 | The current excavations are the first time that the theatre 's remains have been seen since that destruction . |
| 22 | Picnics are the other time that salads are king . |
| 23 | Here are the big time smooth operators . |
| 24 | HOT SUNNY DAYS AND WARM EVENINGS ARE THE IDEAL TIME TO BRING OUT THE BARBECUE . |
| 25 | Among their routines as they trip the light fantastic at the Dolphin Centre in Darlington are the old time and modern dances . |
| 26 | Weekends are the busiest time for the Horse Rangers . |
| 27 | The cuts are the third time Shearson has laid off staff since the market crash of 1987 , and are the highest on Wall Street this year . |
| 28 | Well we were talking about timing for people , you 're the same time in your car as you are in |
| 29 | ‘ After all … you 're a long time retired ’ , he says . |
| 30 | With a first baby you 're a long time , especially with my build . |