Example sentences of "been [adv] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | then she said they 've been down at the this time of year |
| 2 | I must 've been out at the wrong time . |
| 3 | In looking for the answers , let us begin with those citizens who have been around for the longest time — the elderly and those in later middle age . |
| 4 | Grateful though he was — and there are few examples of anyone more grateful and generous than he was to those who had in any way helped him or even just been around in the bad times — he was not going to be craven or knuckle down like a goody-two-shoes . |
| 5 | But he had been there at the right time , he had acted swiftly and effectively and she was alive . |
| 6 | The remaining four had all been backstage at the relevant time , or could have been , but the motives Charles had managed to dredge up for them did n't survive close scrutiny . |