Example sentences of "[be] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The times and places of striking advance in productivity have by no means generally been times and places of educational advance ; nor , where they have been , is it clear whether this is cause and effect or , if so , which is cause and which effect . |
| 2 | However , there have been times in the recent past when 50 per cent of the artists selling and succeeding in the USA have been British . |
| 3 | But she admits : ‘ Yes , there have been times of anger and frustration for me as well as Jack . |
| 4 | There 's been times , erm , other things , usually something unconnected with the music . ’ |
| 5 | There may have been times during your working life when you have not , either knowingly or unwittingly , paid national insurance contributions . |
| 6 | There had been times in her life when she had been — if not happy , then content . |
| 7 | Having said that , there have been times , one particular occasion in the west of Ireland I remember only too well , when after four days of heavy rain , I would have swapped tent , pack , pots and all for a warm bed and a hot bath . |
| 8 | ‘ There have been times since it ended when I gave up hope of ever eating food like this again . ’ |
| 9 | There had been times , after all , while he 'd been serving his stretch in prison that he really had wondered whether he had hallucinated it all ; wondered whether he was losing his mind . |
| 10 | Not that those centuries had been times of uninterrupted peace . |
| 11 | There had been times , especially after a long busy night at the club , when she had been severely tempted to just throw in the towel and thumb through the Yellow Pages to find the nearest painter and decorator to hand . |
| 12 | There are times when his world can appear to consist of Jews and of those to whom a Jew might wish to escape — such as America 's well-heeled Wasps , or the semi-imaginary anti-Semites of Gloucestershire who figure affluently in The Counterlife . |
| 13 | There are times when it might seem that this is a definition which can produce the sense of a self which is both amorphous and autonomous , of a doubtful self which also serves to cast doubt on the human world that lies beyond the subjective individual — a world which some writers are , and some are not , very cunning in , and which is inhabited by people with a working knowledge of who they are and what they are doing . |
| 14 | Inevitably there are times and places when it is not possible to have a proper discussion on AIDS . |
| 15 | In his view , there are times when you have to fight fire with fire , or , as he put it rather more eloquently during his defence of the Grand Slam Cup decision , ‘ It was a sad reality that we were left with no real option but to protect tradition with the modern deterrent — money . ’ |
| 16 | But , as with others in society , there are times when extra help or advice is needed . |
| 17 | There are times when something happens to raise an issue high in the public consciousness — as Cleveland did child sex abuse — but the person responsible pays the price . |
| 18 | There are times when this universe seems excessively , even arbitrarily , bleak . |
| 19 | THERE are times when life not only kicks you in the teeth , but follows up with the knee in the groin and the rabbit punch to the back of the neck as well . |
| 20 | There are times when we all want to get inside the other person 's head and switch a few knobs to re-programme them completely . |
| 21 | Of course , there are times when it 's frustrating — it can take me twice as long to find anything , for example . |
| 22 | ‘ Obviously there are times when I think , why me ? . |
| 23 | ‘ There are times when I think , ‘ why me ? ’ |
| 24 | There are times when you want a more elaborate floral arrangement . |
| 25 | There are times when it is convenient for us to go to sleep ( the shops are not open , etc. ) and when it is expected that we will not be noisy . |
| 26 | Managers will wish to know if the body clock means that there are times when the output of their work-force is below standard and the general public will be concerned about the possibility that safety in industrial processes , public services , transportation , etc. will be adversely affected at some times . |
| 27 | ‘ There are times when I wish she could have a couple of years off to bring up her children , be at home with them , and not worry about anything else apart from them and her husband . |
| 28 | In my busy life there are times when I dream of long periods away from people . |
| 29 | There are times , of course , when all goes well and we actually enjoy it , but at other times the cost seems too heavy and we have few people we can share the job with or who can understand . |
| 30 | All this is , I know , easier to say than to do and there are times when everyone feels shy . |