Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] time [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time Steve had spoken since they 'd entered the house . |
| 2 | When Quinn put down the phone , it was the first time Sam had seen him appear visibly shaken . |
| 3 | It was the first time Arnold palmer had stepped foot on the British Isles , and I was impressed . |
| 4 | It was the first time Waimea had been surfed that big . |
| 5 | It was the first time Thiercelin could remember the marshal saying anything even remotely humorous . |
| 6 | It was the first time Harry had ever seen him do such a thing for himself , but then he had heard that staff were far less easy to come by since the war . |
| 7 | It was the first time Sheila Stroud from Staunton in Gloucestershire had given evidence in her trial at Bristol Crown Court . |
| 8 | Duncan realized it was the first time Myeloski had mentioned Oldenburg 's Russian origins . |
| 9 | It was the first time South Africa has admitted it possessed nuclear weapons , though the United States government suggested as long ago as 1979 that Pretoria might possess an atom bomb after a satellite detected two nuclear-like flashes over Antarctic waters to the south of Cape Town . |
| 10 | It was the first time Yusupov has ever beaten Karpov , and leaves the scores level with three games left to play . |
| 11 | It was the first time Parsifal had ever been performed in Houston , and the audience were enthusiastic , making it almost as hot a ticket as Clint Black 's performances at the rodeo . |
| 12 | It was the first time Hugh had seen him , and he came to the encounter with sharp and wary interest . |
| 13 | It was the first time Carolyn had heard her without that note of irony in her voice . |
| 14 | It was the first time Charlie had thought that 112 Whitechapel Road might be considered luxurious . |
| 15 | It was the first time Dana had stayed in an English house , and I think he was delighted with the difference between it and his home in the United States . |
| 16 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 17 | It was the first time Ingrid had been under small-arms fire . |
| 18 | It was the first time Jewellery had participated in the competition which involved two teams from Wedgwood and from Coalport , Precision Studios , Royal Tuscan , Alexandra Pottery , Johnson Brothers and Mason 's Ironstone . |
| 19 | It was the first time Hoomey had ever seen him look happy . |
| 20 | It was the first time Jess had been aware of seeing her standing . |
| 21 | It was the first time Lachlan had seen Hector awake since his blindness . |
| 22 | But it was the first time Saddam Hussein had ever offered to withdraw his troops from Kuwait . |
| 23 | It was the first time Pumfrey had heard anyone use the word ‘ misgives ’ . |
| 24 | It was the best time John-Augustus had spent with Mary and he saw it as the reward for his charitable act . |
| 25 | It was the second time Vonetta and I had met ; both times she struck me as an extremely self-possessed young woman with a lot of presence . |
| 26 | It was the second time witnesses had failed to turn up for Tapping 's trial . |
| 27 | For the 87 year old , it was the second time thieves have raided her home . |
| 28 | It was the only time Oxford 's fans let themselves down , but order was soon restored . |
| 29 | It was the third time proposals to introduce VAT had been turned down . |
| 30 | It was the third time Henry had tried the drug . |