Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] time [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time a hurdling dog had broken a flat record but trainer Paddy Hancox was not surprised . |
| 2 | Some authorities maintained that it was the first time a single drug had been shown to be useful in controlling psychotic patients . |
| 3 | It was the first time a Moslem mosque had been firebombed in Britain during a wave of violence against Asian places of worship . |
| 4 | It was the first time a traditional bank had diversified into the instalment finance business . |
| 5 | A man accused of raping his wife has been cleared by a jury at Sheffield Crown Court ; it was the first time a man in England had been charged with such an offence . |
| 6 | It was the first time a man in England has been charged with such an offence . |
| 7 | 169 all out gave West Indies a win by an innings and 79 runs , the first time they had beaten England by an innings at home since 1934–5 ; by coincidence , it was the first time an England captain had chosen to field first in the Caribbean since Wyatt did in the same series . |
| 8 | It was the first time an Iraqi plane has been shot down in the southern no-fly zone , set up to prevent Saddam attacking the Shi'ites . |
| 9 | It was the first time the church authorities had discussed the issue of the refugees , some 25,000 of whom have entered Hungary from the south over the past year . |
| 10 | It was the first time the state 's highest court had debated the point and was widely welcomed by accountants . |
| 11 | It was the first time the bishops had met following last November 's historic vote by the Church of England 's General Synod in favour of women 's ordination as priests . |
| 12 | It was the first time the two men had met ; they briefly discussed the dangerous yet promising situation in the east and then retired to their beds . |
| 13 | It was the first time the Worthingtons had ever taken their baby on a train journey … and it broke down just 15 minutes out of Waterloo . |
| 14 | It was the first time the old coldness had returned . |
| 15 | It was the first time the Communicator of the Year presentation had left London and the first time it had been staged as part of the annual convention . |
| 16 | It was the first time the two leaders had met since Syria 's mid-July agreement to participate in the conference . |
| 17 | It was the first time the city had unseated an incumbent mayor since 1943 . |
| 18 | It was the first time the FIS had claimed responsibility for a violent incident . |
| 19 | It was the first time the brewer had advertised on TV and the landmark was not lost on Guinness . |
| 20 | Did n't Cloughie get done for doing something similar a few years ago when he chinned the Forest fan who 'd run on the pitch ( later kissed him but brought out one of the all-time commentators classics from Greavesie when he said ‘ It was the first time the shit really had hit the fan ’ ) . |
| 21 | It was the first time the monarch had ever used a Thames passenger ferry — and one of the few occasions when she had arrived at an official engagement by public transport in the UK . |
| 22 | Mr Clarke 's solicitor said as it was the first time the new offence had been tried under the 1991 Road Traffic Act they would be considering an appeal against sentence . |
| 23 | ’ It was the first time the 2 main armies had met and was a victory for the Royalists . |
| 24 | It was the first time the 25-year-old has been able to speak about her ordeal since she was found early on Friday morning after being abducted from near a disco in south Dublin . |
| 25 | It was the first time the cameras had been used since they were installed last year . |
| 26 | It was the first time the company has been prosecuted for a hygiene offence . |
| 27 | Philip Head , Chief Executive of the WDA , said it was the first time the agency had been asked to source Welsh suppliers for a company based in Germany and resulted directly from the WDA campaign to build business links with the motor regions of Europe . |
| 28 | It was the second time the teacher-turned-comic had been hit by car vandals . |
| 29 | It was the third time the hospital had applied for a government grant for the unit . |
| 30 | After all , it was the third time the police had visited him in as many days . |