Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ We 're in a quiet time at the moment , Leon . |
| 32 | Why she was here , she could n't imagine ; but her head was clearer than it had been in a long time , which meant that she must have gone for some hours without any kind of an injection . |
| 33 | She had no wish to hurt Anna and besides , how could she complain when the truth was that she was happier here at the palazzo than she 'd been in a long time ? |
| 34 | Mm Erm yes so he was just saying that , you know , the only night he 's really been out since New Year 's Eve was last Wednesday , he 's just been in the whole time . |
| 35 | Because most of the closest-fought states are in the Eastern Time zone , American TV networks expect to be able to forecast the final result from 2am on Wednesday . |
| 36 | Because it would only be for a short time , Lucien 's parents had decided it would not be a religious transgression for his aunt Pershti , his mother 's lover , to look after him . |
| 37 | ‘ But I came late into the first-class game , I 'm 28 now and I really want to be in the big time before I end my career . ’ |
| 38 | So what 's it like for young David to be in the big time . |
| 39 | So what 's it like for young David to be in the big time . |
| 40 | By close analysis , he was virtually able to predict where bream would be at a certain time and could put bait in to hold them in his swim . |
| 41 | yeah , yeah I must admit it 's a poor do when they know exactly where the criminal 's going to be at a certain time and then they let 'em go |
| 42 | Whatever the price happens to be at a given time , and this can vary dramatically , it will be a price worth paying for some and not for others . |
| 43 | it used to be at a different time of the year , though , did n't it ? |
| 44 | We need to ensure that our white collar members have the help and the support and the advice available to them , but that help and that advice needs to be at the right time and at the right place . |
| 45 | These talks will all be at the usual time , date and place — 7.30 p.m. on the first Friday of the month , at the Community College , Bishop 's Castle . |
| 46 | These talks will all be at the usual time , date and place — 7.30 p.m. on the first Friday of the month , at the Community College , Bishop 's Castle . |
| 47 | The war had been over a long time . |
| 48 | The world 's other main exchanges are outside the European time zone . |
| 49 | In the modern age , institutions outside the family have been created to administer public affairs and women were for a long time expressly excluded . |
| 50 | Moreover , evenings were about the only time parents could relax together . |
| 51 | Many institutions of less than 150 , either free standing or in collaboration with others , have offered and will continue to offer a range of courses well matched to the needs of the student population as they are at the present time . |
| 52 | It must have been at the very time of the proceedings against Myln that the archbishop of St Andrews received the earl of Argyll 's answers to his letter of admonition of 31 March 1558 , in which he warned the earl of the dangers of his support for Protestantism . |
| 53 | Yes , yes , it sounds it sounds as it 's for a limited time anyway , so , you know |
| 54 | The guy who 's been in the business or been in the same patch or whatever it is for a long time , |
| 55 | The license and the right to use this Program is for an indefinite time until terminated . |
| 56 | That 's about the only time I 've liked it here . ’ |
| 57 | 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 . ’ |
| 58 | Oliver Goldsmith , in his Natural History , described the effects of sleep loss thus : But man is more feeble ; he requires its due return ; and if it fails to pay the accustomed visit , his whole frame is in a short time thrown into disorder ; his appetite ceases ; his spirits are dejected ; his pulse becomes quicker and harder ; and his mind , abridged of its slumbering visions , begins to adopt waking dreams . |
| 59 | Steven is in an alternative time zone now . |
| 60 | No cos I 've seen this done before right , I mean it 's over a certain time , but if you go in at the end of the time |