Example sentences of "be [art] time [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The definition of a second has since officially been the time it takes a cesium atom to make 9,192,631,770 vibrations .
2 The extra ten minutes had probably only been the time it had taken them to find him .
3 Many are the times me wife and I have sat at the table with a large sheet of graph paper and worked it all out , only to find that either my ruler 's idea of an inch does n't tally with the real thing , or the width of a pencil line on the plan actually equates to a foot in real life .
4 Inevitably one windows will overlap another , and many are the times I have found myself moving windows aside to get to a particular application or dialogue box .
5 Many are the times he has held up busy working schedules because he has become fascinated by someone he has encountered in a crowd .
6 The disadvantages are the time it takes to build , and if you 're employing a builder , the cost — likely to be several thousand pounds for even a simple single garage .
7 And they are every time we went .
8 They think I 'm a dead duck but it 's not been a time you could write off .
9 Now may be the time they are willing to tell you what has been going on .
10 These lonely hours may be the time he reaches his deepest despair .
11 Your objectives should be every time somebody says no , thank you for the fifty pound .
12 Larry covers ‘ working-class sport for the working classes ’ , one of his classics being the time he reported on the local-government elections in Westminster .
13 ‘ You are being very naughty , ’ McAllister whispered back , pretending to be severe , ‘ and the only thing that I can say in your favour is that I am in nearly as bad a way as you are , and know exactly how you feel — but be patient , it can not be long now , ’ for she knew that once the bazaar was over , and she was at last able to tell him the truth , they could go ahead with their marriage plans , the only delaying thing being the time it would take Mama and Papa to cross the Atlantic .
14 Winter is the time everyone wants their summer collections shooting ; Miami is an exciting location and the light is great . ’
15 This is the time everyone gathers for a special dinner , which is based on fish , and in keeping with Italian tradition eel is cooked and served in many homes .
16 ‘ I mean , what time is the time they do it .
17 Now the best remembered sporting connection is the time they persuaded Sir Matt Busby to judge the flower show .
18 What we gave you is the time they come and the next weekend they were back again , and I 'd warned them several times and in the end I said look forget it , and I had it , you know , the works gone off , erm , and as far as I 'm concerned it 's Wednesday nights , I 've really got to , and the price I started to pay , is no longer worth it to me .
19 NOW , Creggan , is the time we have been waiting for .
20 This is the time we went to the beach in Italy .
21 Up there is how far away from home he is in miles along there is the time he 's been travelling for .
22 Many is the time I have been able at my grandmother 's table to lick my fingers after eating a cream coronet upon a precedent established by good Queen Mary who had been observed doing such a thing by no less than my grandmother when visiting the big house .
23 ‘ This is the time I normally ride round the hacienda .
24 Many is the time I 've taken good fish , working the vane out across the wind by continuous adjustments to the line , holding back on the float etc. when others have sat waiting for the wind to swing around a couple of degrees .
25 This is the time I like the most
26 Mornings is the time I hear them most .
27 In practical terms the main difficulty with individual exemptions is the time it may take the Commission to process a notification and grant exemptions .
28 The longest sequence of required activities is the time it will take if no adjustments are made .
29 The difference between a propeller plane and a jet is the time it takes to apply power .
30 ( The half-life of a radioactive isotope is the time it takes for half of the radioactivity to disappear as the isotope decays ) .
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