Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] was the [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
2 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Duncan realized it was the first time Myeloski had mentioned Oldenburg 's Russian origins . |
7 | And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever . |
8 | After drinking with a friend , Mr. Clarkson , in 1803 , he declares it was the best time he had had since he came into Westmorland . |
9 | I think it was the first time you really spoke to me . |
10 | 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 ) . |
11 | Announcing the award of £162,150 , Mr Justice Otton said it was the first time such an action had been brought . |
12 | 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 . ’ |
13 | 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 . |
14 | , 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 . |