Example sentences of "[pron] [be] the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was the last time I checked , ’ nodded the man . |
| 2 | A couple of times a month she has a drink with the women at work , which is the only time she goes out . |
| 3 | this company moves at such a rapid rate of knots that I have a meeting tomorrow morning with the Managing Director Building and Property Development at his house in Pitlochrie which is the only time he 's literally coming back to change his shirt before he goes wandering round the world again so the only way I can get him is to go up and stay with the in-laws over night and see him at breakfast time tomorrow . |
| 4 | He called me a usurer , which was the first time I 'd heard the word , paid me back £1.20 after four weeks , paraded at weekends in his new shirt , and we were friends thereafter . |
| 5 | As you will appreciate , we completed fully the recent form you sent us , which was the first time I can remember seeing one of this kind . |
| 6 | Which was the last time I did George 's was the day when I came down . |
| 7 | There was no looking back ; I wanted to remember Fiona as she was the last time we met , standing in the doorway of the croft , her black hair blowing in the breeze as she waved me goodbye . |
| 8 | Yeah , and there was the last time I cut it I remember . |
| 9 | They 're alright down here , at least they were the last time we had them . |
| 10 | It were the first time I ever heard him do it . |
| 11 | And ices afterwards , I should think , as it 's the first time we 've ever had supper together , away from school . ’ |
| 12 | It 's the first time we have been on a coach holiday and we were a bit apprehensive . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've been banned anywhere , ’ said Barry , adding that singer Michael Stipe had been involved in the production of the video and that the rest of the band had only seen it once . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's the first time we have dealt with anyone assaulted with a Christmas tree . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a patient like this , ’ said Nurse Jean-Claude Auge yesterday . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a patient like this , ’ Nurse Jean-Claude Auge said yesterday . |
| 17 | Garage boss Trevor Cave said : ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a pilot come here to refuel . ’ |
| 18 | It 's the first time we 've ever quarrelled like that . |
| 19 | It 's the first time we 've held the event because we wanted something special for the Centenery . |
| 20 | It 's the first time we have analysed the results of our testing like this and it is n't good . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
| 22 | When asked why she allowed the computer so to dominate in this way , she replied ‘ It 's the first time they have been quiet for a whole week ! ’ , reflecting the second cause in the list above . |
| 23 | For many women , it 's the first time they have been given a responsibility of this kind . |
| 24 | Now if your person were to say come round , said it 's the first time they 've had a fit you get , call an ambulance , it may be epilepsy but it could be anything else , it could erm be , be the start of er something else in the brain because that 's all an epileptic fit is , it 's an electrical impulse , nobody actually knows why or when or how it 's caused , but it happens erm , but above all be very , very nice to your casualties , they 'll want to get up and they 'll run away , they want to get out , especially if it 's outside , because they 're embarrassed by it . |
| 25 | It 's the first time they 've visited the spot since that November night 16 months ago , the culmination of a plot motivated by jealousy and greed . |
| 26 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
| 27 | Well normally they 'd given them dressing gowns before but it 's the first time they 've had gowns is n't it ? |
| 28 | It 's the first time they 've been to Britain , even though some have been teaching English for twenty years ; they 're staying at the Oxford House School of English , and will also visit the Oxford University Press as the trip has been made possible by an East German publishing house . |
| 29 | It 's the first time it 's ever happened to me , you see , and I 'm not in the least afraid any more . " |
| 30 | Technically it 's not a marginal because it 's the first time it 's been fought . |