Example sentences of "would [adv] be the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would not be the first time that it had done so . |
| 2 | It would not be the first time that a ‘ bad cold ’ has referred to a political chill rather than a runny nose . |
| 3 | I pause to observe that this would not be the first time that , in this field , Parliament has conferred on the English court a jurisdiction of unlimited territorial application . |
| 4 | It would not be the first time that a Court sorcerer had been lured away from the strong pure magic of Ireland and sworn allegiance to the Dark Realm . |
| 5 | Might he not be playing a far deeper game although not a new one , since it would not be the first time that the man who hatched the plot and encouraged others most ardently to join it , should be the very one to turn his fellow conspirators over to the magistrates . |
| 6 | ‘ Would n't be the first time your husband 's come back when you did n't expect him , would it ? ’ |
| 7 | It would n't be the first time . |
| 8 | There were questions he still needed to ask and it would n't be the first time that he had taken advantage of tiredness or grief . |
| 9 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 10 | It would n't be the first time Littlewoods had copied a successful high street idea . |
| 11 | It would n't be the first time . |
| 12 | It would n't be the first time that a man had lovingly supported a woman through crisis only to discover that when she was strong again his own need was to confine her in a dependent role . |
| 13 | It would n't be the first time that a man has been seduced by female beauty and been left the poorer for his pleasure , nor the first time Lotta has attempted by stealth to deprive me of something which I value . ’ |
| 14 | It would n't be the first time , but I did n't say it . |
| 15 | nearer , nearer to Christmas because Christmas Eve would actually be the perfect time to do for children |