Example sentences of "it [be] [art] [num ord] time he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made a mess of things in the park , but it 's the first time he 's got it wrong . |
| 2 | It 's the first time he 's seen television , Colonel . ’ |
| 3 | But it 's the first time he 's broadcast to people OUTSIDE campus . |
| 4 | It 's the first time he 's been brought out this way as far as we know |
| 5 | It 's the first time he 'll have run a full marathon , but he 's jogged into FOX F M this evening . |
| 6 | ‘ I took Fleck off and that did n't work so I took Le Saux off , put Eddie up front and he got a vital goal — and it 's the second time he 's done that for us . ’ |
| 7 | It 's the third time he 's been a UK finalist . |
| 8 | I think it is the first time he actually worked hard . |
| 9 | It is the second time he has earned the label . |
| 10 | In fact it is the second time he has used the policy . |
| 11 | It is the second time he has missed an international tour because of injury . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It was the first time he 'd bothered to read through them and he found much useful material for his hobby of persecuting Gina . |
| 14 | It was the first time he had spoken . |
| 15 | It was the first time he 'd ever slept with a woman and it felt like burglary . |
| 16 | It was the first time he 'd realised that a woman 's blood had the power to excite him . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It was the first time he had used Dalgliesh 's Christian name . |
| 19 | ‘ Everyone seemed to think Benjamin was a virgin , but I never thought of him as that , but that it was the first time he was making love to a woman who was old enough to be his mother , and who was his mother 's friend . ’ |
| 20 | It was the first time he had seen Zach 's ‘ Joseph ’ jersey . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | It was the first time he had acknowledged sensational claims about his wife , Camilla , and Prince Charles . |
| 23 | It was the first time he 'd been really alone since the days when he 'd lived in a hole and had to go out hunting by himself because there was no one else . |
| 24 | It was the first time he had heard his name pronounced correctly since coming into the camp . |
| 25 | The effect of such correction can , in some instances , be dramatic , as in the case of a child who , after receiving his first pair of spectacles , spent several evenings looking at the stars as it was the first time he had ever been able to see them . |
| 26 | It was the first time he had been alone and across the desk from the Deputy Under Secretary . |
| 27 | It was the first time he had been there , but he had learnt about the town from the captain in charge of the St Petersburg interview-rooms . |
| 28 | Since joining INCUBUS it was the first time he 'd come across men who carried guns — outside the States . |
| 29 | It was the first time he had brought a girl home and both he and Janine were nervous . |
| 30 | It was the first time he had conceded a game since building the device three years earlier . |