Example sentences of "[art] [adj] time [that] [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't summon up a double bass in the short time that I had this rig , which was a shame since , like Hughes & Kettner 's BassBase , the unit is flexible enough to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of the instrument , the primary reason for the onboard notch filter . |
| 2 | However , there were many instances cited where GPs felt that they could not ‘ help ’ users even when this was the first time that they had sought it . |
| 3 | She noticed for the first time that they had stopped , and looking round , discovered that they were outside the house . |
| 4 | It was the first time that he had been handcuffed . |
| 5 | This was the first time that he had been past the big covered back porch of her house , and everything was new and interesting . |
| 6 | There were questions he still needed to ask and it would n't be the first time that he had taken advantage of tiredness or grief . |
| 7 | It had been the first time that he had really seen Sara in tears . |
| 8 | It was the first time that he had spoken . |
| 9 | In doing so , however , he admitted for the first time that he had made " every effort " to obtain the release of the hostages . |
| 10 | It was the first time that he had seen his father do anything but ride about and talk to people and sail boats and race and jump and swim and lay wagers at horse-fights on feast days and drink . |
| 11 | She noticed for the first time that he had a slight limp . |
| 12 | It was not , of course , the first time that she had exercised the powers of Regent , but on this particular occasion she knew that she would have to deal with a new constitutional structure in which it was envisaged that she would merely be informed by the Ministers and would take no decisions on her own . |
| 13 | She had n't missed him at all when he died , but now she realized for the first time that she had lost her father . |
| 14 | She had only passed her driving test after her marriage and this was the first time that she had driven unaccompanied by night . |
| 15 | There were things he consciously noticed about people which he brought to mind long after he had ceased to watch them , but now he noted for the first time that she had very small feet — they could have belonged to the oriental he had imagined her to be through the sun haze . |
| 16 | It was the first time that she had forgotten the place of the Arab 's wife . |
| 17 | It was the first time that she had ever felt sorry for anyone . |
| 18 | It was the first time that she had seen Johnny dressed in full uniform . |
| 19 | She realised now for the first time that she had left her purse behind in Edward 's room . |
| 20 | It was n't the first time Luke had contacted her since their sight seeing expedition — the flowers that by now she was coming to expect had arrived promptly next day , and with them a handwritten note — but it was the first time that she had heard his voice . |
| 21 | For a moment she was taken aback , realising for the first time that she had n't explained herself very well , then , gathering her wits together , she retorted briskly , ‘ If you had n't assaulted me and accused me of being a burglar I would have told you that the Svend I 'm looking for is a student who met my sister at the Roskilde music festival and afterwards entertained her and her friends here in this apartment for several nights . ’ |
| 22 | It was the first time that she had ever told anyone of what had happened . |
| 23 | It would not be the first time that it had done so . |
| 24 | As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy . |
| 25 | It was the first time that I had openly , assertively hitched . |
| 26 | The meeting was held in Harvey Haddon Stadium in Nottingham , and it was the first time that I had ever been on an Inter-City train . |
| 27 | It was the first time that I had experienced the midnight sun . |
| 28 | It was the first time that I had ever seen the inside of a police cell . |
| 29 | It was the first time that I had been picked to run in an individual event against the USA , and I was looking forward to it . |
| 30 | It was the first time that I had run a 60 metres in years and I improved my personal best to 6.63 seconds , which I was pleased with — but not so happy , obviously , to lose to Lincoln by one-hundredth of a second . |