Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [be] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Masklin decided it was a diplomatic time to wake up .
2 I decided it was a good time to ask him the final questions about Stapleton and the hound .
3 It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice .
4 In the meantime , he eventually sold the Company as its peak in 1987 , he had made another small fortune , and with some 30 aeroplanes and 80 pilots on the books he felt it was the right time to let it go .
5 ‘ Because we had just switched from the Lothian District League to the National League I thought it was a good time to concentrate on coaching , ’ she said .
6 I thought it was a good time to get away and take stock . ’
7 ‘ Well , I was going to that night of the dance and then I thought it was a bad time with it being Christmas and the New Year coming right afterwards .
8 Now that he 's settled in and understanding the language a bit better , I thought it was an appropriate time to congratulate and welcome him to Carnoustie .
9 He smelt the scent of the roses , and realised it was the first time he had walked here , the first time he had looked at them , in four years .
10 Duncan realized it was the first time Myeloski had mentioned Oldenburg 's Russian origins .
11 And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever .
12 it 's a bad as you said it 's a bad time to start driving now there 's an awful lot of
13 And I said , and I said it 's every spare time he gets something like that .
14 Now if your person were to say come round , said it 's the first time they 've had a fit you get , call an ambulance , it may be epilepsy but it could be anything else , it could erm be , be the start of er something else in the brain because that 's all an epileptic fit is , it 's an electrical impulse , nobody actually knows why or when or how it 's caused , but it happens erm , but above all be very , very nice to your casualties , they 'll want to get up and they 'll run away , they want to get out , especially if it 's outside , because they 're embarrassed by it .
15 A spokeswoman for the band , whose hits include Love Cats and The Walk , said it is the first time The Cure will have played at such an intimate venue for almost ten years .
16 A spokesman for the British Field Sports Society said it was the first time he had heard of this happening ; which prompted Chapman Pincher to write in saying that the same thing had happened to him in 1961 ( Daily Telegraph , 21 and 24 December 1987 ) .
17 Announcing the award of £162,150 , Mr Justice Otton said it was the first time such an action had been brought .
18 He said it was the first time he 'd done so but he was damned if he was going to be wheeled into a restaurant like a blasted mental patient out with his nurse . ’
19 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 .
20 , 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 .
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