Example sentences of "be a time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They think I 'm a dead duck but it 's not been a time you could write off . |
| 2 | Er on the horses that 's understandable , they can start off and probably do n't knock theirself but there 's a time they 'd done twenty or thirty mile pulling a load . |
| 3 | Instead of retirement being something to dread , it 's a time we are looking forward to . |
| 4 | It was a time which Conrad allowed himself to regret , through his characters , but not to exalt above other periods and other philosophies of life . |
| 5 | Well okay , that was a time she 'd been camping in the Lake District , Mrs did . |
| 6 | I actually feel , there was a time I used to think it would n't happen to me because if I was in that situation I would do this , I would do the next thing and when it did actually happen to me it took me ages to get over |
| 7 | ‘ Good God , there was a time I saw him — still but a child , to be sure — playing his fingers in her hair with such warmth and love in his face , such concentrated attention , as if it so fascinated him he could not leave it alone . |
| 8 | There was a time I might have tried , back eight years or so , but there was never any chemistry . |
| 9 | They 'd , they had to because there were , they got , when , after the union was formed you know , they were having the rights er but and I think really the hours they put in and the type of work they deserved it , but erm there was a time you know when the bosses were bossy sort of thing , and er and you adhered to that , because you did n't know anything different until erm the unions started up , but erm I know there were one or two processions you know and peer rights and all this that and the other , but erm on the whole it 's er it 's been an eventful life in , in some ways , very eventful and it 's been interesting . |