Example sentences of "[be] the [num ord] time [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May was saying , ‘ This will be the first time in years that Lucy and Jim and the bairns have n't spent New Year 's Eve with us . |
| 2 | It 's the first time in years that I 've enjoyed the charts . |
| 3 | It 's the first time in years I 've been able to uncoil a little with Ali . |
| 4 | They ordered , sipped drinks , and Therese was conscious that it was the first time for years she had eaten a meal alone with a man . |
| 5 | It was the first time in ages he 'd demonstrated any kind of protectiveness towards her and she could n't help warming to that . |
| 6 | It was the first time in years that I had blown my top in such a way , and I vowed that it would never happen again , that I would save all my aggression for the track . |