Example sentences of "that [was/were] the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That was the forty-seventh time we 'd done those few lines . ’ |
| 2 | That was the second time he had been saved from drowning . |
| 3 | ‘ That was the first time we 'd met . ’ |
| 4 | that was the first time we had an inkling there was anything , and that was the Sunday before we moved and he said do you mind if I come and bring the shed up and then I can stop in there and I go and have , a , anyway , he came with Alan and she made you a cup of coffee did n't she ? |
| 5 | ‘ And that was the first time ye 'd ever set eyes on him ? ’ |
| 6 | That was the first time she 'd acknowledged the truth of the malai presence ; we 'd never mentioned the disappearances . |
| 7 | That was the first time she hard him mention Mackenzie . |
| 8 | ‘ She knows my name ! ’ he commented wryly , and at that moment Leith realised that that was the first time she had used it . |
| 9 | ‘ Actually — actually , that was the first time it occurred to me that no one was designing clothes — beautiful , well-tailored clothes — for real women . |
| 10 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 11 | That was the first time I 'd had any money out of gigging in a year . |
| 12 | That was the first time I was conscious that before the apocalypse I had never thought of visualising anywhere but in my stomach . |
| 13 | For a short while , neither of us was allowed to drive , and that was the first time I 've known Michael to be really downhearted . |
| 14 | A few days later the father told a project worker , ‘ You know that was the first time I felt I had something to offer to the school . ’ |
| 15 | That was the first time I was to see pain and suffering at close quarters . ’ |
| 16 | I do remember that that was the first time I wondered if I could bring myself to retire … |
| 17 | I think that was the first time I uttered the words , ‘ Never mind . |
| 18 | In fact , it never occurred to me that it made a difference until I was in a trial and a scout said ‘ We 're quite interested in the coloured lad ’ and that was the first time I realized they thought of me as anything other than my name . |
| 19 | spend a day Oh aye , that 's what I was going to say , that was the first time I 've actually been through . |
| 20 | That was the first time I had any idea ! ’ |
| 21 | That was the first time I killed , because of what my cousin Blyth Cauldhame had done to our rabbits , Eric 's and mine . |
| 22 | ‘ That was the first time I 've played with Kevin . |
| 23 | And er that was the first time I 'd ever seen a continental headboard . |
| 24 | And they started that and they were sent out to this big villa and er that was the first time I had seen a continental headboard and er we could n't understand what it was you know . |
| 25 | That was the first time I discovered what the word ‘ reputation ’ meant . |
| 26 | Dot , and the , that was the first time I ever went with you darling , do you realise that ? |
| 27 | No that was the first time I 'd rung . |
| 28 | That was the first time I had to cough for anybody that was , as well . |
| 29 | but anyhow it , well they , they were there and he bought the pub did n't he and they were moving on the Saturday and he came on the Saturday morning and he cried take the furniture to pieces , some of the furniture , the wardrobes and there was a dining room table that they could n't get into the pub , could I dismantle them and re-assemble them again and that was the first time I 'd ever met him were n't I ? |
| 30 | That was the first time he let me see the extent of the bitterness that was poisoning him . |