Example sentences of "[adj] of the [det] time " in BNC.
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1 | At just about the same time , a cigar-gnawing chief executive thousands of miles away was shredding his meticulously planned TV schedules to find a slot for a homely Australian series which was to become one of the all time surprise hits , turning many of its stars into instant celebrities . |
2 | Without doubt this package is one of the all time greats of shareware programming . |
3 | One of the all time greats of rock and roll is in the region tonight on the last date of a UK tour . |
4 | ( One of the few times we missed out was with a 200lb sturgeon caught in the North Sea . |
5 | One day Tony gets up to watch and witnesses one of the few times when the sun travels across a blue , cloudless sky . |
6 | ‘ A mirror , ’ Reynard repeats , realising this is one of the few times in his life he 's been surprised . |
7 | It was one of the few times that the pulp glossy pop press produced journalism worth reading . |
8 | It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level . |
9 | One of the few times you will find big bream in waters which do not match up to the points I have mentioned is when they are the result of a recent stocking operation . |
10 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
11 | She could look back on that time with a great deal of fondness ; it had been one of the few times in her life when she had been truly free — there had been no one , neither family , friends nor employer — to make demands on her . |
12 | It was a perfect day of hot sun with a light following wind , one of the few times that we were able to sunbathe . |
13 | Edward sat frozen , one of the few times in his life he had been genuinely frightened . |
14 | It was one of the few times in my life when I actually spoke the truth . |
15 | And er we , one of the few times my dad came to Foundry Lane he I got a book , I think it were called Tiger Tim and , on the back they gave a model that you cut out with scissors and pu |