Example sentences of "be the time [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extra ten minutes had probably only been the time it had taken them to find him . |
| 2 | NOW , Creggan , is the time we have been waiting for . |
| 3 | Up there is how far away from home he is in miles along there is the time he 's been travelling for . |
| 4 | Many is the time I 've taken good fish , working the vane out across the wind by continuous adjustments to the line , holding back on the float etc. when others have sat waiting for the wind to swing around a couple of degrees . |
| 5 | Many is the time I have been able at my grandmother 's table to lick my fingers after eating a cream coronet upon a precedent established by good Queen Mary who had been observed doing such a thing by no less than my grandmother when visiting the big house . |
| 6 | This is the time you have worked towards , when you will be working on the ‘ showcase ’ productions which will provide opportunities for you to be seen publicly . |
| 7 | Many 's the time I 've slipped from top to bottom of the ladder , making a noise like the crack of doom , which was not however , sufficient to wake them ( as I could tell by their uninterrupted snores ) . |
| 8 | Many 's the time I 've been about to introduce the top of the bill , when from behind the curtain the urgent whisper , ‘ He 's pissed — fill in while we sober him up , ’ has stopped me in my tracks and left me out there telling gags for an hour or more while the star is force-fed black coffee . |
| 9 | Many 's the time I 've been with people whose eyes glazed over when I 've said I was a feminist and I 've done the same with people who say they love to play golf . |
| 10 | " Many 's the time I 've stood on the terraces at Ibrox . " |
| 11 | Quelle horreur : many 's the time I have found myself torn between throwing people like him out and putting up with them for the sake of the cash-till . |
| 12 | It was grey and , and mustard , it sounds revolting but we , we were a bit , I suppose it was the time we had a purple carpet , we had an orange wall , do you remember that living room ? |
| 13 | Ah , that was the time we had a spring flu epidemic . |
| 14 | The thing that delighted both of them was the time they had achieved — 54 minutes to complete 10 miles of very tricky going . |
| 15 | So that was the time I 've been before a recorder . |