Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [not/n't] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 It 's not a time to be on your own , truly …
2 It 's not a time signature you see very often but again you can , you could have it .
3 who is dead , he condemned another of his followers who was lying badly injured in hospital , like this unfortunate man here who was blinded , and I can understand why Clare feels badly about this tabloid television , it 's not a time for exciting , you know I everybody er is appalled by any bereavement or misery .
4 It 's not the time to argue about the small print of your contract .
5 I think there 's a pride that , that the majority of firemen are , are fairly clean and smart erm there are the odd ones that have to be told but it 's not the same sort of discipline now as there was , and I 'm not sure whether it 's right or wrong , all I see I , I enjoy the discipline when I had it , I sometimes wish it was brought back but er it 's not the time now it seems for that type of discipline , so I think they manage well but er I would like to see a little more but perhaps I 'm a bit old fashioned .
6 Yes , yes but , but it 's not the time
7 ’ Hell , man , dae I huv tae spell it oot that times are hard an' there 's no work goin' at the doacks an' it 's nae a time tae be existin' oan charity ! ’
8 I am waiting and it is not a time for you to be chatting .
9 He said : ‘ It is not a time limited offer but we will be sending the contracts out and expecting a response to them . ’
10 It is not a time to gamble . ’
11 He added : ‘ Politically it is not the time to talk about re-unification .
12 So , even amid the fading glow of the MCG 's floodlights , and the successful reintroduction of South Africa , it is not the time to sit still and just ponder the future .
13 It is not the time for vaulting that five-bar gate , ’ he says .
14 Editor , — With regard to academic medicine , surely it is not the time spent in research that is important but that the desired aim of awakening in the young doctor an appreciation of what science has to offer is achieved .
15 ‘ Anyway it was n't a time for painting pictures , Little Father . ’
16 Coy watched him ; it was n't a time to interrupt .
17 It was n't a time that I would , it er when I
18 But it was n't the time for secrets , or the place .
19 It was n't the time to be playing silly games .
20 It was n't the time for normal feelings , such as embarrassment .
21 It was n't the time to remind her mother that she was forty .
22 It was n't the time , ’ his wife said .
23 It was not a time of inaction , for there was plenty to be done .
24 It was not a time for students of the world to ponder the great matters of global history , to care about the great beyond , to notice the unleashing of distant energies .
25 But it was not the time for lingering or relaxation .
26 It was not the time to talk .
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