Example sentences of "[adv] [be] the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will not be the first time it has been tried , and the observations of one former planning official are worth quoting at length : |
| 2 | Mr Deng has repeatedly promised to retire in recent years , but yesterday was the first time he had reissued the pledge since the Tiananmen Square massacre and a shake-up of the party leadership . |
| 3 | But after years of the DHSS , it really was the first time I 'd been spoken to like a human being . |
| 4 | It might even be the last time she stood there . |
| 5 | probably wo n't be the first time you have to edit it either . |
| 6 | ‘ It wo n't be the first time I 've had to come to your rescue and haul your ass out of trouble . ’ |
| 7 | It wo n't be the first time he 's spent a night on the tiles ! ’ |
| 8 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 9 | ‘ For your information , Your Highness , today was the first time I 've modelled since I left Rome . ’ |
| 10 | And the one time I did n't was the one time I was wrong . |
| 11 | It had undoubtedly been the only time he 'd been able to relax . |
| 12 | When 's the last time we went for a meal ? |
| 13 | The one that 's the biggest one of the year they will say when 's the last time you had your er gas boiler serviced ? |
| 14 | When 's the last time you got a letter from Jamie ? |
| 15 | When was the first time you were in the dark , locked in and taken over by someone else ? |
| 16 | So no , ring them , in fact ask one of your publican mates , you were one yourself , when was the best time you would have been contacted . |
| 17 | When was the last time we were supposed to have a world-beating aluminium engine ? |
| 18 | When was the last time we won 5 in a row ( is it 5 ? ) ? |
| 19 | ‘ When was the last time he came home ? ’ persisted the Brigadier . |
| 20 | He is the last line of defence but when was the last time he won us points with a save ? ? ? |
| 21 | When was the last time you actually wanted to have friends round ? |
| 22 | I know you can see the trees , the view from the window or the picture on the wall — but when was the last time you really looked at them ? |
| 23 | When was the last time you bought an item at one shop , only to find that the same item was much cheaper in another shop ? |
| 24 | When was the last time you drove a car just for the thrill of it ? |
| 25 | ‘ When was the last time you did see him ? ’ |
| 26 | When was the last time you would have sold your soul for a stick of celery ? |
| 27 | ‘ When was the last time you met ? ’ |
| 28 | When was the last time you saw a show of William Blake 's work in a gallery ? |
| 29 | I just posed the question : ‘ When was the last time you were on a donkey and got sucked off ? ' ’ |
| 30 | ( Let's face it , when was the last time you heard references to ‘ Cliff Richard 's lip ’ , Iggy Pop and the annual ceremony marking the opening of the Houses of Parliament side-by-side in a song ? ) ; indecision and apathy are confronted in ‘ Not Superstitious ’ ; ‘ Dead Industrial Atmosphere ’ details the decline of the North-East as an economic force and the subsequent social fall-out and , of course , we get a few long songs thrown in to spice things up , or down , as is more often than not the case . |