Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] was [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | That 's why I say it was a sad time . ’ |
2 | Masklin decided it was a diplomatic time to wake up . |
3 | I decided it was a good time to ask him the final questions about Stapleton and the hound . |
4 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
5 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
6 | In the meantime , he eventually sold the Company as its peak in 1987 , he had made another small fortune , and with some 30 aeroplanes and 80 pilots on the books he felt it was the right time to let it go . |
7 | She replaced the receiver , standing unmoving , staring across the room towards the Knudsen with hungry eyes , knowing it was the last time she would ever see it . |
8 | ‘ Because we had just switched from the Lothian District League to the National League I thought it was a good time to concentrate on coaching , ’ she said . |
9 | I thought it was a good time to get away and take stock . ’ |
10 | ‘ Well , I was going to that night of the dance and then I thought it was a bad time with it being Christmas and the New Year coming right afterwards . |
11 | Now that he 's settled in and understanding the language a bit better , I thought it was an appropriate time to congratulate and welcome him to Carnoustie . |
12 | He smelt the scent of the roses , and realised it was the first time he had walked here , the first time he had looked at them , in four years . |
13 | I think it can do , I mean it was a long time ago and I 'm , I 'm |
14 | Duncan realized it was the first time Myeloski had mentioned Oldenburg 's Russian origins . |
15 | And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever . |
16 | After drinking with a friend , Mr. Clarkson , in 1803 , he declares it was the best time he had had since he came into Westmorland . |
17 | I think it was the first time you really spoke to me . |
18 | Sean admits it was a tough time and it taught her some hard lessons . |
19 | A spokesman for the British Field Sports Society said it was the first time he had heard of this happening ; which prompted Chapman Pincher to write in saying that the same thing had happened to him in 1961 ( Daily Telegraph , 21 and 24 December 1987 ) . |
20 | Announcing the award of £162,150 , Mr Justice Otton said it was the first time such an action had been brought . |
21 | He said it was the first time he 'd done so but he was damned if he was going to be wheeled into a restaurant like a blasted mental patient out with his nurse . ’ |
22 | Philip Head , Chief Executive of the WDA , said it was the first time the agency had been asked to source Welsh suppliers for a company based in Germany and resulted directly from the WDA campaign to build business links with the motor regions of Europe . |
23 | , business director of Courtaulds Aerospace in Germany , said it was the first time in the world that a chromate-free coating had been given the go-ahead for civil aircraft manufacture . |
24 | She says : ‘ As you can imagine it was a busy time for us . |
25 | She says : ‘ As you can imagine it was a busy time for us . |
26 | They had er his name was Jimmy they had er well one used t one old gentleman used to be a yes and his name was Jimmy , the waiter , that 's right I , I get a , I have to think because I , I sometimes get mixed up and I 'm at Cambridge and you see it was a long time ago , you see , so , since I was young and I was then . |