Example sentences of "[be] the [adj] time [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always enjoy listening to agriculture debates and especially to Conservative Members , because that is the only time when we do not hear any free market claptrap . |
| 2 | That is the only time when you can rest on your laurels . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's the second time tonight I 've nearly drowned . ’ |
| 4 | That 's the second time today I have n't remembered my |
| 5 | It was normally polite , and expedient , to pay respects to the military commander of an area on first arriving , but this was the only time when we were actually frog-marched off to meet him before we had time to draw breath . |
| 6 | It was the only time when he was intimate with his hero Temple . |
| 7 | ‘ We made it up between us , ’ she said , ‘ and it was the first time ever we two met outside these walls . |
| 8 | It was the one time when he doubted William Temple . |