Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] the [adj] time she " in BNC.

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1 I think it 's the first time she 'd actually seen Oliver look clean .
2 It 's the first time she 's been out of there since .
3 Maclean opens his account in Madrid against local player Alberto Codina a week today , while for Donaldson , who reached the semi-finals of the Danish Open last month , the Guernsey event at the end of next month marks another breakthrough in that it is the first time she has gone straight in to the main draw for a Grade A tournament .
4 In practice , she learnt to ski ; but it was the first time she had been away from her friends and family , the first time she had been on a plane , the first time she had been abroad , and she was desperately unhappy .
5 It was the first time she had ever warned him off anything private and for a moment he looked puzzled and embarrassed .
6 It was the first time she 'd heard her speak .
7 I was to write about it for Cosmopolitan , she for Trud ; it was the first time she had been outside the Soviet bloc .
8 It was the first time she had ever seen her team eager and willing and fully co-operative , the envy of all her friends .
9 Simon said , and it was the first time she had heard that name .
10 It was the first time she had been so near a man with sweet breath and the scent of success about him .
11 It was the first time she 'd been in such a grand vehicle , and when she looked over the side she seemed so high up she was dizzy .
12 It was the first time she had ever begged him for anything , but she knew it was likely he could be persuaded with flattery .
13 It was the first time she 'd ever been on board ship .
14 It was the first time she had been into the city since that awful night of the cockfight back in February .
15 It was the first time she had been able to grant his wish and take him to visit Santa Claus in a large department store , and that made it for her the happiest Christmas she could remember .
16 It was the first time she 'd seen him look really happy .
17 It was the first time she had left little Bradley , the first time she had been out to celebrate his birth — and it was the last time he would ever see his mother again .
18 The friendly , warm call took Fergie by surprise — it was the first time she had spoken to Diana since leaving Balmoral in disgrace last August following the scandalous St Tropez pictures .
19 It was the first time she had actually said for certain that she would sail with me and I could not hide my joy , and Ellen , seeing that pleasure , laughed at it .
20 It was the first time she had uttered the word husband ; it gave her a sense of propriety .
21 Mrs Bennett would have a fit if she knew Celia had gone up to Beckwith 's Folly , but it was n't the first time lately that she had been overwhelmed by the desire to escape , although it was the first time she had actually done anything about it .
22 It was the first time she had expressed any sympathy for the Daily Mirror pensioners .
23 It was the first time she had sat down during the lesson .
24 It was the first time she had allowed herself to get into conversation with any man , and it was not the frightening experience she had thought it would be .
25 The doctor told me that it was the first time she had made an advance to anybody .
26 She did not think it good , it was the first time she had played for weeks and the sounds she made disquieted her , but perhaps it was good enough for busking .
27 Arthur Leopold of County Cork had taken the picture , and the first time Ellie had tiptoed into the bedroom she had stood for a long time staring at the photograph , because it was the first time she had ever seen the likeness of her dead mother .
28 It was the first time she had been left on her own and she had managed quite well except that she had given Mrs Prichard , the colliery manager 's wife , short change by mistake .
29 It was the first time she 'd come here in seven years , and this deserted expanse of dunes on the northern point of the estuary seemed bigger than she remembered , and more desolate .
30 It was the first time she 'd ever spoken to Aunt Sarah and come away with this feeling of no comfort , no help , weighing her down as if the big brass door stop from the porch had got lodged inside her .
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