Example sentences of "[verb] to be [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general , two or three house hunting visits are allowed by most firms and around three to six days are usually considered to be adequate time to find housing . |
| 2 | About 15 years ago , three months was considered to be sufficient time for a sales director with two years ' service to convince his company of his competence . |
| 3 | A Bill may well be approved , if time is available , in which case whether it ever completes its course depends entirely on whether there happens to be sufficient time . |
| 4 | ‘ There never seemed to be any time , ’ she said defensively . |
| 5 | So , er it 's going to be first time you ever experience it , actually on , for real as it were ? |
| 6 | The evasive answers told her progress had been minimal , it was going to be some time before Emelda faced a press launch . |
| 7 | Just because Hawks were going to go to Iran and I was wondering how many planes it was going to be this time . |
| 8 | ‘ So what 's the excuse going to be this time , darling ? |
| 9 | I think it would have to be some time this week . |
| 10 | ( As long as the heaving green adumbrates the land , as long as time has refused to be some time but always now , as long as the humungus titles have zipped up from the seam between sea and sky , as long … ) |
| 11 | The only thing that did n't work was the understanding that we had to be big time very quickly . |
| 12 | Well , flight had n't worked on the other two occasions , but , for the sake of her own sanity , this had to be third time lucky . |
| 13 | Early in October , with the exact date of the premiere not vet set , but intended to be some time between 25 November and 10 December , John wrote again to Hanns : ‘ Million sorries for not writing sooner , but I was waiting for ( a ) Thursday , the official scrutinization of my ballet to see if it definitely would go on , and ( b ) Friday , the first night of Miss Howes 's show . |