Example sentences of "[art] [adj] time he had " in BNC.
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| 1 | A packed City Hall did not have long to wait as Lewis roared in with several more stinging rights and left hooks and when Garber was floored for the second time he had no chance of beating the count . |
| 2 | That was the second time he had been saved from drowning . |
| 3 | He had been twice into Ruane 's office , and the first time the block had been polite , and the second time he had been told rather less politely to sit on his hands and wait , like everybody else had to . |
| 4 | It was the second time he had heard the term . |
| 5 | It was the second time he had ignored the ban — he competed in a road race in Cardiff last month . |
| 6 | Harbury asked , remembering the previous time he had visited the flat when Oliver had encouraged him to stay and Rain had encouraged him to go . |
| 7 | It was the worst time he had ever lived through . |
| 8 | He was n't very fond of the river Wye , for its rocky crevasses had claimed too many young lives even during the short time he had been there . |
| 9 | In the short time he had been aboard , he had undressed . |
| 10 | As Elijah Moshinsky looked out from the roof-top coffee shop of the plush hotel overlooking Plymouth Hoe — in which he is ensconced during rehearsals of Shadowlands — he confessed that this was the first time he had been to Plymouth in his life . |
| 11 | Mr Deng has repeatedly promised to retire in recent years , but yesterday was the first time he had reissued the pledge since the Tiananmen Square massacre and a shake-up of the party leadership . |
| 12 | It was the red-haired left-hander 's first win over the squash legend , the first time he had played a match lasting an hour and 50 minutes at this level and won , and the first time he can ever have gambled so audaciously as he did at 13-13 in the final game . |
| 13 | Running the film group for ICI gave Haslam particular pleasure because it was the first time he had ever been fully in charge of a business , which he found very challenging . |
| 14 | Terry Griffiths beat Clive Thorburn 9-5 , the first time he had beaten the Canadian in nine attempts . |
| 15 | Terry Griffiths beat Clive Thorburn 9-5 , the first time he had beaten the Canadian in nine attempts . |
| 16 | Haynes and Richardson opened and put on exactly 100 , then Richards , on his home ground , marched out , the first time he had batted at number three for some while . |
| 17 | This was the first time he had ever talked about himself , so she knew it must be very important and felt flattered that he was confiding in her . |
| 18 | He recalled the first time he had seen the impressive building as a schoolboy on a day 's outing to see the sights of London . |
| 19 | It was probably the first time he had been asked for such a drink , despite his long years of service . |
| 20 | When he 'd first arrived he had lived in a succession of bedsitting rooms on the west side , for which he had been charged extortionate rents by landlords who he never met ; the third night after coming to The Bar for the first time he had slept with someone who knew of someone who had a spare room at a much more reasonable price , and Boy had moved in . |
| 21 | Of course Boy had seen inside a lot of different men 's houses , but this was the first man 's life he had ever watched at such close quarters , the first time he had ever seen a man taking care of himself , the first time he had ever seen another man living day after day after day . |
| 22 | Of course Boy had seen inside a lot of different men 's houses , but this was the first man 's life he had ever watched at such close quarters , the first time he had ever seen a man taking care of himself , the first time he had ever seen another man living day after day after day . |
| 23 | It was not the first time he had seen such symptoms . |
| 24 | The first time he had driven the van to Stowbridge he had smashed its top to pieces against the arch of the bridge , not realising it was just a few inches too high to go under . |
| 25 | In years to come Karelius was often to reflect that this was the first time he had heard mention of the man whose destiny was to be so closely entwined with his own . |
| 26 | For a split second he experienced that same numbing fear he had felt the first time he had come under enemy fire . |
| 27 | It was the first time he had spoken . |
| 28 | It was also the first time he had driven with navigator John Anthony , a retired fire officer from South Nutfield . |
| 29 | He smelt the scent of the roses , and realised it was the first time he had walked here , the first time he had looked at them , in four years . |
| 30 | He smelt the scent of the roses , and realised it was the first time he had walked here , the first time he had looked at them , in four years . |