Example sentences of "was there [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Linford was there for the first time . |
| 2 | Jack seemed to realise she was there for the first time . |
| 3 | This year , FOX F M was there for the first time and Phil Angel managed to catch Dr John Howard to explain what it all meant . |
| 4 | We work with about 60 women a year , and I know many of them would genuinely say that at the start they were unemployable , that they could have gone back to drugs , ended up back in prison , but they did n't because Clean Break was there at the right time for them , to give them the opportunities they needed . |
| 5 | Elaborate preparations had been made for a meeting between the two kings at Gloucester : King Malcolm was there at the appointed time , but Rufus refused to see him , and the two parted , in the Chronicler 's words ‘ in great enmity ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ And they were there and nobody was there at the same time ! ’ says Derry . |