Example sentences of "[pron] [be] the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had no idea where I was the first time |
| 2 | ‘ I was the last time I checked , ’ nodded the man . |
| 3 | Blake spoke to one of the warders , which is the last time anyone can remember seeing him . |
| 4 | He called me a usurer , which was the first time I 'd heard the word , paid me back £1.20 after four weeks , paraded at weekends in his new shirt , and we were friends thereafter . |
| 5 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
| 6 | She was the headmistress of a school in Bolton and read about me when Alec Donaldson wrote an article in the Yorkshire Post , which was the first time my name was brought to the attention of the public . |
| 7 | As you will appreciate , we completed fully the recent form you sent us , which was the first time I can remember seeing one of this kind . |
| 8 | Which was the last time I did George 's was the day when I came down . |
| 9 | There was no looking back ; I wanted to remember Fiona as she was the last time we met , standing in the doorway of the croft , her black hair blowing in the breeze as she waved me goodbye . |
| 10 | Summarising prospects for a US-Soviet summit , Baker said : " I think we are right where we were the last time . " |
| 11 | Yeah , and there was the last time I cut it I remember . |
| 12 | They 're alright down here , at least they were the last time we had them . |
| 13 | ‘ Would it be the first time ? |
| 14 | This is not the first time that this issue has reached the public domain , or will it be the last time that the House is asked to focus on the rights and duties of citizens in circumstances — from time to time inevitable circumstances — when the interests of one individual or one set of individuals necessarily impinge on and potentially damage the interests of others . |
| 15 | It were the first time I ever heard him do it . |
| 16 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
| 17 | Fuck it , we thought , it 's the first time Malcolm 's splashed out and Vivienne 's coming on at us like some kind of school maam , and Malcolm was n't bothered , he was past caring . |
| 18 | It 's the first time Bentley has had an all-new shape to itself for almost two generations — since 1952 , in fact , when the first of the R-type Continentals was launched in limited numbers and initially for export only . |
| 19 | It 's the first time in his career he has n't come out on top . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's the first time an older woman has really stirred me . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It 's the first time that Jackie and Terry have met , ’ beamed someone else from Heinemann , sailing resolutely forward towards the cameras . |
| 22 | It 's the first time I have ever let her be alone with him , and now look . ’ |
| 23 | And ices afterwards , I should think , as it 's the first time we 've ever had supper together , away from school . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's the first time I 've seen him without all his hangers-on , ’ Cy commented . |
| 25 | It 's the first time we have been on a coach holiday and we were a bit apprehensive . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | It 's the first time in years that I 've enjoyed the charts . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's the first time I 've ever done a cover and it was a lot of fun . |
| 29 | It 's the first time the team has had an official kit sponsor . |
| 30 | It 's the first time I 've done so . ’ |