Example sentences of "it be a time [Wh adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is a time when we all want to be happy . |
| 2 | It is a time when we can take a deep breath , assess where we are and make a start on our anticipatory mourning for our fate . |
| 3 | It is a time when there are many fatalities on the roads as the inexperienced young try to dash across in the face of oncoming traffic . |
| 4 | It was a time when he was immensely drawn to panache , and he felt done with the prim and the hangdog for good . |
| 5 | The old woman lay in her hammock , sleeping ; it was a time when she had taken a heavy dose , and he was able to lead Ariel out and let her walk before him , now and then turning to make sure he was not about to do something to her , put a halter on her or hit her , and she made for the fence and pointed over it and asked him with her hands and eyes if she could go there , beyond the stockade , into the receding forest , where the bromeliads pushed out their stiff blades , and the monkeys nibbled at mango fruits and threw them down when they were unripe with tiny rows of toothmarks like some sharp-fanged fairy child 's , where the birds of many colours screeched . |