Example sentences of "be a bad time [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It would 've been a bad time for t'road between t'two farms ti be blocked wi' snow . ’
2 The late 1920s and '30s seems to have been a bad time in the Woodchester area for fires .
3 ‘ And besides , ’ she added briskly , ‘ this would be a bad time for me to be getting involved with anything serious .
4 Well it 's a bad time of year ai n't it since Christmas ?
5 It 's a bad time for a change at the top . ’
6 It 's a bad time for the doorbell to go , but that 's what happens .
7 And this is a bad time of year for us hypomaniacs .
8 But it is a bad time to be coming back into the side with results poor and confidence low .
9 It was a bad time of the year .
10 Indeed , milk probably became more plentiful about May , the notional time of Langland 's vision , although the continuation of the passage suggests that in other respects this was a bad time of year .
11 ‘ But the '50s and the '60s was a bad time for a lot of indigenous music .
12 When I left school , which was in nineteen thirty , it was a bad time for employment , there was a lot of unemploy unemployed people and I tried and tried and eventually I was offered a job at the Bloxwich Lock and Stamping Company in Bell Lane Alexander works , it was er er Squires 's were , er it 's a family er er concern , and erm it was the first offer I 'd had for employment so I took it .
13 That was a bad time for her because she fell between two stools in a way .
14 I mean nineteen thirty , thirty one was a bad time for employment .
15 It was a bad time for Charlie 's Indians : the White House cavalry was charging through the reservation every second day .
16 ‘ Well , I was going to that night of the dance and then I thought it was a bad time with it being Christmas and the New Year coming right afterwards .
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