Example sentences of "[verb] been [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.
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1 | There was no question of saying to myself ‘ better luck next time ’ — there might not have been a next time . |
2 | ‘ Must have been the last time I saw him . |
3 | The shows on that 1987 reunion tour are among the best we 've done and I remember a cracking night in the Olympia which would have been the last time we visited Dublin . |
4 | The decision was believed to have been the first time that a US court had extended prisoner of war status to a convicted criminal . |
5 | It was all much as it had been the first time , only evening instead of morning ; and Emily stood by herself as before , and now he knew why , wearing his ring on another finger . |
6 | It had been the first time that he had really seen Sara in tears . |
7 | Today had been the first time since he died she had not been tortured with thoughts of her Anthony . |
8 | She wanted him to plead with her to stay with him , forever , as he 'd done once before , but this time she would accept and tell him how wrong she had been the first time . |
9 | No more than that , for we were all on renewable annual contracts and Clive never tired of reminding us just how many eager applicants there had been the last time he 'd had to ‘ let someone go ’ . |