Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] time they " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time they had ever spoken of the affection they felt . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | It was the first time they 'd heard him admit the Store was built by humans . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was the first time they had been alone together since Abbotsfield . |
| 7 | Not that it was the first time they 'd been cut . |
| 8 | But it was the first time they had ever lived privately together . |
| 9 | This week it was the first time they 've been beaten by the Irish in the league . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It was the second time they had broken up and been reconciled . |
| 13 | It was the second time they 'd searched for her , following sightings in North Oxford . |
| 14 | It was the ninth time they had passed 50 points this season , and David Johnson took his tally past 400 with three penalties , a drop goal and three conversions . |