Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the one time in my life I 've gone to pieces — lost my mind , I suppose . |
| 2 | Mr Jack Straw , Labour 's shadow education secretary , said last night that it was the first time in his 10 years in Parliament that responsibility for piloting such an important piece of legislation through committee had been left to such junior departmental politicians . |
| 3 | When he finally did stop working , it was the first time in a year and a half that everyone involved stopped and got a chance to take a break , and once everyone took a break , things began to change . |
| 4 | It was the first time in her life she had ever hit anyone . |
| 5 | It was the first time in the campaign that there had been any rapport between the embattled figures on the platform and the assembled press and television correspondents . |
| 6 | It was the first time in American history that serving officers did not dare say what their commander-in-chief had told them to do . |
| 7 | It was the first time in years that I had blown my top in such a way , and I vowed that it would never happen again , that I would save all my aggression for the track . |
| 8 | It was the first time in his life that he had slept out of doors ; as a boy , he and Jean-Paul had often pleaded to do this , and it had always been forbidden . |
| 9 | It was the first time in his 75 years that he had ever been a hospital patient . |
| 10 | It was the first time in her life that she had been openly insulted . |
| 11 | It was the first time in my life I wanted to carry myself as a woman , not like a weird , kinda little ragamuffin girl . ’ |
| 12 | It was the first time in her life she 'd heard Frank say something bold to his father . |
| 13 | It was the first time in fourteen years that he was travelling alone , his best friend having died of pneumonia only weeks before . |
| 14 | It was the first time in my life I ever thought of Diana as beautiful . |
| 15 | It was the first time in my life I had acted like a complete sod to other people , and I felt that my behaviour was worse because I had loads of advantages the lesser recruits did n't : I could speak French ; I was basically healthier and therefore found fitness much easier ; I was a north European Caucasian which endeared me to some of the more racist instructors . |
| 16 | It was the first time in two decades that a British bike was beating the Japanese and for British biking enthusiasts it was stirring stuff . |
| 17 | Chesarynth felt conspicuous ; people around were staring at them , but it was the first time in her weary day 's travel that she had seen a box and it called to the echoes of firesong that the one on the Moon had left in her mind . |
| 18 | It was the first time in their lives that Dorothy , although younger by ten years , had ever felt the stronger of the two . |
| 19 | As I was permanently hungry , he used to make enormous treacle puddings — it was the first time in my life I had heard of such a dish — and always made sure I got a big helping . |
| 20 | It was the first time in my life I had experienced anything like this and was nervous but deeply honoured . |
| 21 | It was the first time in his life he had seen anyone praying in their house . |
| 22 | It was the first time in Israel 's 41-year history that a government had been brought down on a vote of confidence . |
| 23 | The fact that it was the first time in the 20th century that either of the major parties had selected an all-southern election ticket reflected the widespread belief that only by recapturing support lost to the Republicans in the south could the Democrats hope to win the presidency . |
| 24 | It was the first time in its 35 year history , that the Coast Guard 's Automated Mutual-assistance Vessel Rescue ( AMVER ) safety network has bestowed such an honour on a cruise ship . |
| 25 | The result represented a radical change in Liechtenstein politics since it was the first time in the principality 's history that a third party had been elected to parliament . |
| 26 | It was the first time in ages he 'd demonstrated any kind of protectiveness towards her and she could n't help warming to that . |
| 27 | On Saturday they lost to Bath by 20 points to nil … and here 's a fact to blow your socks off it was the first time in 16 years and 420 games that the cherry and whites have failed to score at home |
| 28 | It was the first time in the tournament Graf had been extended to three sets , and the seven games Sabatini won in the second set were just one fewer than Graf had conceded in her four previous rounds . |
| 29 | It was the first time in more than quarter of a century that the socialists had been returned to power . |
| 30 | , business director of Courtaulds Aerospace in Germany , said it was the first time in the world that a chromate-free coating had been given the go-ahead for civil aircraft manufacture . |