Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] time [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I was the last time I checked , ’ nodded the man . |
2 | There was no looking back ; I wanted to remember Fiona as she was the last time we met , standing in the doorway of the croft , her black hair blowing in the breeze as she waved me goodbye . |
3 | They 're alright down here , at least they were the last time we had them . |
4 | It were the first time I ever heard him do it . |
5 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
6 | It was the first time we made a connection . |
7 | It was the first time we had managed to get eight aircraft into the air in one formation in the nearly two months I had been on the island . |
8 | It was the first time we 'd ever done an overland journey . |
9 | It was the first time we 'd returned to any location and I thought it must be a good sign . |
10 | But when I phoned her ( at a ‘ safe ’ house ) for this article , it was the first time we 'd spoken directly since the filming . |
11 | ‘ It was Sheena Hawthorne , and it was the first time we had set eyes on each other for 50 years , ’ Betty says . |
12 | It was the first time they had ever spoken of the affection they felt . |
13 | It was the first time they had met although he had known of her existence as he had of all the handful of people who lived , as the Lydsett villagers said , ‘ t' other side of the gate ’ . |
14 | It was the first time they 'd heard him admit the Store was built by humans . |
15 | It was the first time they had conceded four goals at home since the Manchester United of Charlton , Law and Best rammed four past them in 1969 . |
16 | I was playing loads of rave music , and at the end they were begging us not to go off because it was the first time they 'd ever heard it properly . |
17 | It was the first time they had been alone together since Abbotsfield . |
18 | Not that it was the first time they 'd been cut . |
19 | But it was the first time they had ever lived privately together . |
20 | This week it was the first time they 've been beaten by the Irish in the league . |
21 | It was the first time they had mentioned the third who was there in the room with them , though they had both felt his presence , and she , indeed , had lived with it close and uncomforted for a year . |
22 | I once conducted a major European orchestra , a German orchestra , and I conducted the introduction Allegro of Elgar and it was the first time they 'd ever , ever played any Elgar , and they did n't like the piece . |
23 | It was the first time her father had hit her and he looked upset , but suddenly she was very calm and her voice was steady as she said , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
24 | It was the first time his father had mentioned the separation . |
25 | In practice , she learnt to ski ; but it was the first time she had been away from her friends and family , the first time she had been on a plane , the first time she had been abroad , and she was desperately unhappy . |
26 | It was the first time she had ever warned him off anything private and for a moment he looked puzzled and embarrassed . |
27 | It was the first time she 'd heard her speak . |
28 | I was to write about it for Cosmopolitan , she for Trud ; it was the first time she had been outside the Soviet bloc . |
29 | It was the first time she had ever seen her team eager and willing and fully co-operative , the envy of all her friends . |
30 | Simon said , and it was the first time she had heard that name . |