Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [art] time for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellen Jebeau brought her lips tightly together and drew them inwards between her teeth before she said , with deep bitterness , ‘ I do n't know about it being a time for plain speaking , I can only say that time has shown your ingratitude for what I 've done for you over the years . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It 's a time for that client to decide whether they wish to stay or if they want to go home . ’ |
| 4 | It 's a time for experts to be patient , practising tricks , joining the light weather races , or just sunbathing . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's a time for the local authority , community and club to work together in partnership . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Right , ’ Ben said solemnly , ‘ but for now can I wait by here for you and walk you back home , it 's no time for a young lady to be out alone . ’ |
| 7 | " It 's no time for niceties of etiquette when there are lives at stake , Willoughby . |
| 8 | oh it 's the time for violets is n't it ? |
| 9 | It is a time for Germanically cautious central banking . |
| 10 | When we are privileged to know this in advance ( and I think that it is wrong in nearly all cases not to tell a dying patient ) it is a time for preparation and repentance , and ultimately of acceptance . |
| 11 | To say that the UK economy is at a crossroads suggests that it is a time for important decisions to be taken leading to a change in direction . |
| 12 | It is a time for journals and diaries . |
| 13 | It is a time for faith . |
| 14 | ‘ Then , sir , ’ I exclaimed , ‘ it is a time for honesty ! ’ |
| 15 | It is a time for the Governments to act together to take charge of economics for the sake of the citizens that they , and only they , can represent . |
| 16 | Tariq Ali contributes a feature to the paper , in which he asks ‘ could it happen here ? ’ and concludes ‘ the situation is not the same … but it is no time for complacency in Britain . ’ |
| 17 | It is the time for Nature 's great conjuring trick , when green leaves become crimson , gold , russet and purple . |
| 18 | With that as the background , it is the time for a deep study of the philosophy underlying the system — to determine afresh what we ought to be seeking to achieve , to examine how far and in what manner the results of our present practice fall short , and to sift new ideas in order to judge which of them appear both constructive and practicable in operation . |
| 19 | I think that the hon. Gentleman will know what I mean when I say that in the context of coming towards the end of a particular available time , whether it is the time for talks or the time for a general election , there is reluctance among certain parties — and I make this remark generally — to turn their cards face upwards if there is any danger that other people will not have turned their cards face upwards by the time the whistle blows . |
| 20 | It was no time for me to be getting weepy . |
| 21 | It was no time for niceties . |
| 22 | I felt that it was no time for living dangerously . |
| 23 | With the economy in the doldrums and the Pound struggling to keep its head above water , it was no time for Terry to splash out a couple of hundred quid beside the seaside . |
| 24 | I doubted that , but it was no time for me to talk out of turn . |
| 25 | It was a time for fierce tactics , not for scruples . |
| 26 | But now , it was a time for truth and Phoebe said , ‘ No . |
| 27 | ‘ It was a time for other artists . ’ |
| 28 | It was a time for being away from the cities , for reading and reflection , and being alone with nature . |
| 29 | It was a time for reflection in 1964 , when the film was released . |
| 30 | It was a time for flower power and a return to nature and the simple ways . |