Example sentences of "it be [adv] a time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not a time to be on your own , truly … |
| 2 | who is dead , he condemned another of his followers who was lying badly injured in hospital , like this unfortunate man here who was blinded , and I can understand why Clare feels badly about this tabloid television , it 's not a time for exciting , you know I everybody er is appalled by any bereavement or misery . |
| 3 | It 's also a time of physical and emotional change . |
| 4 | ’ Hell , man , dae I huv tae spell it oot that times are hard an' there 's no work goin' at the doacks an' it 's nae a time tae be existin' oan charity ! ’ |
| 5 | It 's a time for few windows and we have many , and maybe it 's even a time for living in town or city with lights and movement and not just the dead nettles of the water meadow to gaze at . |
| 6 | I am waiting and it is not a time for you to be chatting . |
| 7 | It is also a time for sociability , a release from the tedium of the job . |
| 8 | It is also a time for reviewing your attitude to your health and well-being . ’ |
| 9 | It is always a time of celebration . |
| 10 | ‘ Anyway it was n't a time for painting pictures , Little Father . ’ |
| 11 | It was not a time for students of the world to ponder the great matters of global history , to care about the great beyond , to notice the unleashing of distant energies . |
| 12 | It was not a time of inaction , for there was plenty to be done . |
| 13 | But it was also a time of exhaustion and tension as I desperately hurtled between work , father and family ; and of sorrow to see him suffering . |