Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering
2 I was only a short time standing there , but long enough to take in the vessel 's lines , the quite dainty sheer , her size and the layout of the masts and rigging .
3 you were right the first time .
4 ‘ No … you were right the first time : what happened between us was a dreadful mistake … unplanned .
5 No , you were right the first time boy !
6 You were away a long time , ’ said Pip .
7 You were there the whole time ? ’
8 and I said well she was n't the last time I saw her
9 She was away a long time .
10 But she was aware that she had been preoccupied a lot of the time , all too aware of the mountain of work before her , and that it was rather a long time since she and her daughter had had any special outings together .
11 It was n't a safe time to communicate as the guards often popped in to see that we were still exercising .
12 It was n't an accidental time
13 It was n't the right time of my life for concentration , it really was n't .
14 ‘ I did n't make love to you last night , not because I did n't want to , but because it was n't the right time , or place .
15 It was n't the first time he 'd thought that , but this time he was sure .
16 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 .
17 It was n't the first time Berowne had spent the night in St Matthew 's church vestry . ’
18 It was n't the first time her pupil had mentioned Rossmayne and each time the girl 's face had lit up in a way which made the nun catch her breath .
19 It was n't the first time he 'd had this nightmare ; it was happening more often nowadays .
20 For it was n't the first time this had happened , by no means .
21 It was n't the first time Luke had contacted her since their sight seeing expedition — the flowers that by now she was coming to expect had arrived promptly next day , and with them a handwritten note — but it was the first time that she had heard his voice .
22 It was n't the first time in the Church and especially amongst the orthodoxly successful echelons of bishops and archdeacons , that Theodora had met a reluctance to tangle with that eminence grise , Gilbert Racy .
23 It was n't the first time she 'd heard that kind of comment .
24 It was n't the first time Isabel had said the words .
25 No , it was n't the first time , but remembering what had happened previously , how he had kissed her and , worst of all , how she had responded , she knew it was the last place she would have chosen when she needed to keep a clear head !
26 It was n't the first time Juliet had wished she were n't an only child .
27 Mind you , it was n't the last time he fell in love .
28 It was not a nice time .
29 It was not a good time for him in many ways .
30 It was not an auspicious time for a new play to open , in any case , and the reaction of the critics was decidedly mixed — in spite , or perhaps because , of Eliot 's labours the meaning of the play remained elusive and its symbolism jarred with the realism of its setting .
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