Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] time she " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was the first time she had ever warned him off anything private and for a moment he looked puzzled and embarrassed . |
| 3 | It was the first time she 'd heard her speak . |
| 4 | I was to write about it for Cosmopolitan , she for Trud ; it was the first time she had been outside the Soviet bloc . |
| 5 | It was the first time she had ever seen her team eager and willing and fully co-operative , the envy of all her friends . |
| 6 | Simon said , and it was the first time she had heard that name . |
| 7 | It was the first time she had been so near a man with sweet breath and the scent of success about him . |
| 8 | It was the first time she 'd been in such a grand vehicle , and when she looked over the side she seemed so high up she was dizzy . |
| 9 | It was the first time she had ever begged him for anything , but she knew it was likely he could be persuaded with flattery . |
| 10 | It was the first time she 'd ever been on board ship . |
| 11 | It was the first time she had been into the city since that awful night of the cockfight back in February . |
| 12 | It was the first time she had been able to grant his wish and take him to visit Santa Claus in a large department store , and that made it for her the happiest Christmas she could remember . |
| 13 | It was the first time she 'd seen him look really happy . |
| 14 | It was the first time she had left little Bradley , the first time she had been out to celebrate his birth — and it was the last time he would ever see his mother again . |
| 15 | The friendly , warm call took Fergie by surprise — it was the first time she had spoken to Diana since leaving Balmoral in disgrace last August following the scandalous St Tropez pictures . |
| 16 | It was the first time she had actually said for certain that she would sail with me and I could not hide my joy , and Ellen , seeing that pleasure , laughed at it . |
| 17 | It was the first time she had uttered the word husband ; it gave her a sense of propriety . |
| 18 | Mrs Bennett would have a fit if she knew Celia had gone up to Beckwith 's Folly , but it was n't the first time lately that she had been overwhelmed by the desire to escape , although it was the first time she had actually done anything about it . |
| 19 | It was the first time she had expressed any sympathy for the Daily Mirror pensioners . |
| 20 | It was the first time she had sat down during the lesson . |
| 21 | It was the first time she had allowed herself to get into conversation with any man , and it was not the frightening experience she had thought it would be . |
| 22 | The doctor told me that it was the first time she had made an advance to anybody . |
| 23 | She did not think it good , it was the first time she had played for weeks and the sounds she made disquieted her , but perhaps it was good enough for busking . |
| 24 | Arthur Leopold of County Cork had taken the picture , and the first time Ellie had tiptoed into the bedroom she had stood for a long time staring at the photograph , because it was the first time she had ever seen the likeness of her dead mother . |
| 25 | It was the first time she had been left on her own and she had managed quite well except that she had given Mrs Prichard , the colliery manager 's wife , short change by mistake . |
| 26 | It was the first time she 'd come here in seven years , and this deserted expanse of dunes on the northern point of the estuary seemed bigger than she remembered , and more desolate . |
| 27 | It was the first time she 'd ever spoken to Aunt Sarah and come away with this feeling of no comfort , no help , weighing her down as if the big brass door stop from the porch had got lodged inside her . |
| 28 | It was the first time she 'd sworn , except the one perfectly correct use of a word more generally used in any but its proper context . |
| 29 | It was the first time she had ever seen fear in Connor O'Dell 's eyes . |
| 30 | Ruth 's sense of uneasiness was stronger than ever ; it was the first time she had ever heard Connor say he felt tired . |