Example sentences of "'s the [adj] time [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul came to came to judge erm er that 's the only time we 've had a judge . |
| 2 | Well , i i if I , the , on one of the comments I 'd make is that it 's the only time I 've ever known the accounting profession to do businessmen a favour by forcing them to face up to what the costs of the consequences of their actions are and this has as James said led to looking quite carefully and I think it 's difficult to quantify the cost at the moment for a variety of reasons . |
| 3 | And that 's the only time I 've seen him since Boxing Day last year . |
| 4 | He said Hawes as in Hawes , but that 's the only time it 's been mentioned in public . ’ |
| 5 | I 'll tell you what , I love my holiday when we went on our own and it 's the best time we 've ever had . |
| 6 | Claire said slowly , ‘ That 's the second time you 've said it . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's the second time you 've threatened me with violence , Mr Jacobsen , ’ she said evenly . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ It 's the second time I 've suffered this sort of problem . |
| 9 | Well that 's the second time I 've done that tonight , so it , the algorithm th the os optimization algorithm does n't always get it right first time . |
| 10 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
| 11 | Now if your person were to say come round , said it 's the first time they 've had a fit you get , call an ambulance , it may be epilepsy but it could be anything else , it could erm be , be the start of er something else in the brain because that 's all an epileptic fit is , it 's an electrical impulse , nobody actually knows why or when or how it 's caused , but it happens erm , but above all be very , very nice to your casualties , they 'll want to get up and they 'll run away , they want to get out , especially if it 's outside , because they 're embarrassed by it . |
| 12 | It 's the first time they 've visited the spot since that November night 16 months ago , the culmination of a plot motivated by jealousy and greed . |
| 13 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
| 14 | Well normally they 'd given them dressing gowns before but it 's the first time they 've had gowns is n't it ? |
| 15 | It 's the first time they 've been to Britain , even though some have been teaching English for twenty years ; they 're staying at the Oxford House School of English , and will also visit the Oxford University Press as the trip has been made possible by an East German publishing house . |
| 16 | When asked why she allowed the computer so to dominate in this way , she replied ‘ It 's the first time they have been quiet for a whole week ! ’ , reflecting the second cause in the list above . |
| 17 | For many women , it 's the first time they have been given a responsibility of this kind . |
| 18 | And ices afterwards , I should think , as it 's the first time we 've ever had supper together , away from school . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've been banned anywhere , ’ said Barry , adding that singer Michael Stipe had been involved in the production of the video and that the rest of the band had only seen it once . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a patient like this , ’ said Nurse Jean-Claude Auge yesterday . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a patient like this , ’ Nurse Jean-Claude Auge said yesterday . |
| 22 | Garage boss Trevor Cave said : ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a pilot come here to refuel . ’ |
| 23 | It 's the first time we 've ever quarrelled like that . |
| 24 | It 's the first time we 've held the event because we wanted something special for the Centenery . |
| 25 | Yes , yeah , when you had one delivered , that 's the first time we 'd ever seen one was n't it ? |
| 26 | It 's the first time we have been on a coach holiday and we were a bit apprehensive . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's the first time we have dealt with anyone assaulted with a Christmas tree . |
| 28 | It 's the first time we have analysed the results of our testing like this and it is n't good . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Funny , ’ I said , ‘ that 's the first time I 've heard the pips this trip . ’ |
| 30 | Good heavens , that 's the first time I 've shouted since 1976 … |