Example sentences of "[pron] be the [num ord] time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right yes it 's the first time ever so it 's quite an experience . |
| 2 | It 's the first time so many have gathered for such a prolonged period . |
| 3 | It 's the second time around for both of them , but they are clearly devoted to each other . |
| 4 | You 've been driving me crazy , but now I 'm going to have your body , and if it 's the last time then so be it . ’ |
| 5 | So it 's the fourth time then ? |
| 6 | It 's the tenth time already this year Thames Valley Police have dealt with an offence where a member of the public 's been threatened with a gun . |
| 7 | When James was told that the French navy had beaten the English he commented patriotically , ‘ It is the first time then , ’ while William , as a face-saver , created Herbert first Earl of Torrington . |
| 8 | It is the second time in under a year that the packaging and printing giant has issued new equity for big acquisitions . |
| 9 | It was the first time as far as she could remember that any male person had done so since she left the convent school , where the visiting priest would call all the girls by their first names . |
| 10 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
| 11 | ‘ We made it up between us , ’ she said , ‘ and it was the first time ever we two met outside these walls . |