Example sentences of "[was/were] the [adj] time [prep] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the only time in her life that she had noticed her maternal grandmother at a disadvantage , on the defensive . |
| 2 | It was the only time in her life when she was free of Doubts . |
| 3 | It was the first time in her life she had ever hit anyone . |
| 4 | It was the first time in her life that she had been openly insulted . |
| 5 | It was the first time in her life she 'd heard Frank say something bold to his father . |
| 6 | Chesarynth felt conspicuous ; people around were staring at them , but it was the first time in her weary day 's travel that she had seen a box and it called to the echoes of firesong that the one on the Moon had left in her mind . |
| 7 | This was the first time in her life that she 'd been in the company of a man who could bring her out in nervous flushes , make her heartbeat race and her stomach turn all watery , just by watching her … |
| 8 | This was the formative time of her life intellectually — she received a second class ( division I ) in part i of the economic tripos ( 1907 ) and a first in part ii ( 1908 ) — and emotionally , through enduring friendships formed . |