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 . |