Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was the one time that it mattered more than anything else . ’ |
| 2 | I do not know if it was the first time since his appointment as executive chef at the Carlton Tower in 1968 , but I do know it was a rare occurrence to see him even emerge from his kitchen , let alone dine . |
| 3 | It was the first time since her death that he had been able to think of it with anything like acceptance . |
| 4 | He discovered that Bob was twenty-five , four years his junior , and realised that it was the first time since his brother Joe 's marriage , when they were seventeen and twenty , that he had had a companion of roughly his own age . |
| 5 | It was the first time since the store opened 80 years ago . |
| 6 | Taylor said enthusiastically : ‘ After the win against Turkey , it was the first time since I 've been England manager that I 've gone back into the dressing room and felt the emotions I did as a club manager . |
| 7 | Their spirits had parted , and though their bodies stayed together for a while longer , it was the first time since they had met that they found it difficult to talk . |
| 8 | It was the first time that such an offer had ever been made ; initially , he was loath to put his sketches on public display — but he was also flattered . |
| 9 | It was the first time that a US Secretary of State held official talks with East German leaders on their own territory , underlining Washington fears that a collapse of the East German reform process could imperil developments throughout Eastern Europe . |
| 10 | It was the first time that such a precaution had had to be taken at a British nuclear power station . |
| 11 | It was the first time that I had openly , assertively hitched . |
| 12 | It was the first time that there had been a debate on the viability and the desirability of having an element of compulsory further education , which in theory was to enrol all adolescents , though in practice it applied mainly to those from the working class . |
| 13 | The meeting was held in Harvey Haddon Stadium in Nottingham , and it was the first time that I had ever been on an Inter-City train . |
| 14 | It was the first time that anybody had ever spoken to me like that and I was shocked . |
| 15 | It was the first time that I had experienced the midnight sun . |
| 16 | It was the first time that I had ever seen the inside of a police cell . |
| 17 | It was the first time that I had been picked to run in an individual event against the USA , and I was looking forward to it . |
| 18 | It was the first time that the men 's and women 's championships had been combined and I think that Marea Hartmann , the Secretary , was trying to drum up publicity for her side of the event . |
| 19 | It was the first time that I had run a 60 metres in years and I improved my personal best to 6.63 seconds , which I was pleased with — but not so happy , obviously , to lose to Lincoln by one-hundredth of a second . |
| 20 | It was the first time that Rab admired Doctor . |
| 21 | It was the first time that Ethel had been summoned to her form-mistress for any reason other than praise . |
| 22 | It was the first time that he had been handcuffed . |
| 23 | It was the first time that anything of that kind had happened in the long history of the RUC and its predecessor , the RIC . |
| 24 | It was the first time that Kirov had ever seen him out of uniform . |
| 25 | It was the first time that the chubby presenter , the ravages of drink clear in the dark bags under his eyes , had ever gone so far and admitted in public his total dependence . |
| 26 | It was the first time that 36-year-old Gilbey had been seen in public since being named as the man on the phone in the love-tapes scandal . |
| 27 | It was the first time that the national team had ever trained in a black area . |
| 28 | It was the first time that a high level meeting of that kind had taken place . |
| 29 | It was the first time that she had forgotten the place of the Arab 's wife . |
| 30 | It was the first time that most of his people had heard him speak . |