Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] be the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Summarising prospects for a US-Soviet summit , Baker said : " I think we are right where we were the last time . " |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was a look she recognised instantly , although it was the first time she 'd seen it in the flesh . |
| 4 | When you meet somebody , especially if it is the first time of meeting , your senses are working flat out to process all the data . |
| 5 | Inevitably there is a certain amount of routine in everyone 's life and the person who lives alone also needs to establish some routine , no matter how tempting it may be to lead an unfettered existence , particularly if it is the first time you have lived on your own . |
| 6 | Thus , if it is the first time someone tells you a particular genre of joke , you may not know the appropriate type of response . |
| 7 | Erm , sir , I want to address the point , if it 's the right time about the level of housing provision the Greater York area in particular , erm that we 've seen round the table here that we have special circumstances applying to York , and to its surrounding area . |
| 8 | Sa oh well if it 's the same time , yeah i |
| 9 | You 've been driving me crazy , but now I 'm going to have your body , and if it 's the last time then so be it . ’ |
| 10 | Oh the teachers were very good , they usually greeted you with a big plum or something , if it was the right time of the year , which it usually was . |
| 11 | I do not know if it was the first time since his appointment as executive chef at the Carlton Tower in 1968 , but I do know it was a rare occurrence to see him even emerge from his kitchen , let alone dine . |
| 12 | ‘ We would sink into each other as if it was the last time . |
| 13 | I remember saying this was a bit leisurely , was n't it , but there was some apparently reasonable explanation , like no one gave any notice that they were going to die and the partnership could be a bit pushed to produce the cash if it was the wrong time of year . |
| 14 | I do n't know because I mean a couple of people have changed cos it 's the only time that they can have it . |
| 15 | While this as such simply acknowledges the situation as it is and is followed by a far longer passage relating to the benefits of celibacy for the Western rite , it remains a highly important text because it is the first time a Roman Council or any major Roman document has explicitly accepted and recommended the uniting of priesthood and marriage in a single life . |
| 16 | because it 's the pleasant times that you remember . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's something I 'd like very much , and it 's also special because it 's the first time you 've invited me home . |
| 18 | Technically it 's not a marginal because it 's the first time it 's been fought . |
| 19 | Mine is not an isolated instance , it just happens to be the most famous , because it 's the first time such persecution has been exported to a western country . |
| 20 | Er well it er it was normal because it was the only time I , I 've heard it happen in Street anyway but there were , there was kids being sent away all the time to borstal and er for doing wrong things . |
| 21 | Running the film group for ICI gave Haslam particular pleasure because it was the first time he had ever been fully in charge of a business , which he found very challenging . |
| 22 | I was so proud that day because it was the first time I wore a rather special red coat with matching red hat . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 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 | He admits to being nervous because it was the first time this kind of operation was carried out . |
| 26 | Charles had chosen to stay in Scotland because it was the perfect time of year for all the activities he enjoyed there . |
| 27 | The sun was large in the sky because it was the hottest time of year , and there were no clouds . |
| 28 | because it was the same time . |
| 29 | I knew I 'd had a letter from him then , because it was the last time we were apart before he was called up . ’ |
| 30 | And it was not only because it was the third time I had heard precisely how that acrobatic quartet achieved congress . |