Example sentences of "[was/were] the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The balance of trade in manufacturing swung from a surplus of £2.75 billion in 1979 to a deficit in 1984 of £3.75 billion and the years 1983 and 1984 were the first time in history that Britain 's trade balance was in the red on manufactures . |
| 2 | After a while the whistle is repeated — by the same blackbird or by its mate — but always as if this were the first time it had occurred to him to whistle ; if this is a dialogue , each remark is uttered after long reflection . |
| 3 | It were the first time I ever heard him do it . |
| 4 | Wins in Lithuania and Latvia were the first time Northern Ireland recorded two consecutive victories in World Cup matches . |
| 5 | In another context Mao Qing and Mar Molinero ( 1986 ) argue that for school pupils staying on at school after the minimal school leaving age the mid-1970s were the last time that external factors such as high youth unemployment did not influence demand . |
| 6 | Summarising prospects for a US-Soviet summit , Baker said : " I think we are right where we were the last time . " |
| 7 | They 're alright down here , at least they were the last time we had them . |
| 8 | This was the fifth time I had him on the floor , so the referee was right to stop it ’ . |
| 9 | It was the twentieth time he had confessed such ignorance , but for the twentieth time it did not satisfy Jane Sharpe who sat naked to the waist at the room 's small dressing-table . |
| 10 | It was the second time in 24 hours that they had acted to stop a party in the county . |
| 11 | It was the second time in successive World Cup ties that Leighton had let down his colleagues . |
| 12 | ‘ Sometimes we can argue , but on this occasion we 'll have to throw ourselves on the mercy of the court because once again , and this was the second time running , simple , basic errors cost us the game . ’ |
| 13 | It was the second time Vonetta and I had met ; both times she struck me as an extremely self-possessed young woman with a lot of presence . |
| 14 | It was the second time they had broken up and been reconciled . |
| 15 | It was the second time that Oldfield , a bachelor and former public schoolboy from Crosby Road , Birkdale , Southport , had come under suspicion for sexually abusing children in his care . |
| 16 | It was the second time this season that the two Gwent sides had finished all-square , and that was the only sign of any lingering bitterness from the earlier match . |
| 17 | In 1941 , after a brief and inauspicious period of Vichy French rule , Lebanon was again occupied by Allied armies ; it was the second time in 24 years that British troops had crossed the southern frontier from Palestine . |
| 18 | That was the second time he had been saved from drowning . |
| 19 | It was the second time I had failed to finish an AAA Championship and I vowed to do better . |
| 20 | It was the second time that Edinburgh had staged the Commonwealth Games . |
| 21 | This was the second time they had done the walk , and they found it tougher than in previous years . |
| 22 | It was the second time that Kate had had dinner at his house , and he was finding that he liked her being around . |
| 23 | It was the second time he had heard the term . |
| 24 | It was the second time in their acquaintanceship that she had put her hand on his thigh . |
| 25 | It was the second time the teacher-turned-comic had been hit by car vandals . |
| 26 | She knew with total certainty that her imagination had n't been playing tricks , and that it was the second time in only a few minutes that she 'd heard those precise words . |
| 27 | It was the second time in eight months that Barre had changed the government , and no official reasons were given for the changes , but Barre called on the new Cabinet , sworn in on Sept. 5 , to solve the current civil war and economic crisis . |
| 28 | This was the second time that the centre-left coalition government of President Patricio Aylwin Azócar had successfully introduced changes to the authoritarian 1980 Constitution inherited from the Pinochet dictatorship [ for January amendment see p. 37958 ] . |
| 29 | That was the second time this afternoon he had mentioned Seville and that was a bit of a coincidence . |
| 30 | For the 87 year old , it was the second time thieves have raided her home . |