Example sentences of "[vb past] been time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been times in her life when she had been — if not happy , then content . |
| 2 | There had been times , after all , while he 'd been serving his stretch in prison that he really had wondered whether he had hallucinated it all ; wondered whether he was losing his mind . |
| 3 | Not that those centuries had been times of uninterrupted peace . |
| 4 | There had been times , especially after a long busy night at the club , when she had been severely tempted to just throw in the towel and thumb through the Yellow Pages to find the nearest painter and decorator to hand . |
| 5 | Of course there had been time for two moves in the interim . |
| 6 | This arrived so soon we could n't believe there had been time to make them and get to the Matterhorn ! |
| 7 | If there had been time , I would have ordered several new suits . |
| 8 | The only expenditure had been time . |
| 9 | Fortunately , there had been time to buy a half bottle of Bell 's on the way to Paddington . |
| 10 | Union leaders denied government allegations that the general strike had been time to coincide with Herrera 's rebellion . |