Example sentences of "be the [adj] time [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was thought to be the first time for nearly 70 years that police had fired on a white crowd in South Africa . |
| 2 | It will be the first time in more than two years that the ANC leader has shared a platform with Chief Buthelezi . |
| 3 | Walking the river in the close season , when the bankside and aquatic vegetation has blossomed and the water is running clear and low , is the best time for actually spotting the chub as they go about their daily business . |
| 4 | This is the second time in less than two weeks that the Government have failed to respond to the Prime Minister 's so-called commitment to women 's equality . |
| 5 | but if you think about it , if you 've done a good job , you 've done a good presentation , done a good fact find and they buy , then they should be very happy at that moment in time and er it was stupid because that is the right time to actually ask |
| 6 | It 's the second time in less than two weeks that officers have found the weapons in the hands of foreign tourists . |
| 7 | She knew with total certainty that her imagination had n't been playing tricks , and that it was the second time in only a few minutes that she 'd heard those precise words . |