Example sentences of "[be] the [adj] time they " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , this this 'll be the first time they 've come down here in about three or four month . |
| 2 | For Rose , of Otterhill Court , Hemlington , and Ann , of Chapman Close , Pallister Park , both Middlesbrough , it will be the first time they have ventured out of the country . |
| 3 | This will be the first time they have spoken in public since Mr McEvoy , 50 , was found gunned down in the driveway of his home in Greta Avenue , Hartlepool , on May 23 . |
| 4 | They have been frequently invited to international festivals , but this will be the first time they have visited our own festival — we have been waiting patiently in a very long queue ! |
| 5 | ‘ They are a fine bunch of men and it will be the last time they are together . ’ |
| 6 | Several transplants have been tried before , but this is the first time they have continued to function for a long period , according to the researchers at the University of Alberta , in Edmonton . |
| 7 | But this is the first time they have attacked by the very people supposed to be the most enthusiastic about them . |
| 8 | Though this is the first time they have mentioned a gun . |
| 9 | The appearance at Fairford is the first time they 've appeared in the west and it 's a matter of immense pride to them . |
| 10 | For most children , this is the first time they 've ever seen Reindeer . |
| 11 | It is the first time they have spoken publicly since the death of their two-year-old son James in February this year . |
| 12 | It is not the first time the British have found themselves in the path of an offensive , it is the first time they 've evacuated , in such numbers and with such urgency . |
| 13 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
| 14 | When asked why she allowed the computer so to dominate in this way , she replied ‘ It 's the first time they have been quiet for a whole week ! ’ , reflecting the second cause in the list above . |
| 15 | For many women , it 's the first time they have been given a responsibility of this kind . |
| 16 | Now if your person were to say come round , said it 's the first time they 've had a fit you get , call an ambulance , it may be epilepsy but it could be anything else , it could erm be , be the start of er something else in the brain because that 's all an epileptic fit is , it 's an electrical impulse , nobody actually knows why or when or how it 's caused , but it happens erm , but above all be very , very nice to your casualties , they 'll want to get up and they 'll run away , they want to get out , especially if it 's outside , because they 're embarrassed by it . |
| 17 | It 's the first time they 've visited the spot since that November night 16 months ago , the culmination of a plot motivated by jealousy and greed . |
| 18 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
| 19 | Well normally they 'd given them dressing gowns before but it 's the first time they 've had gowns is n't it ? |
| 20 | It 's the first time they 've been to Britain , even though some have been teaching English for twenty years ; they 're staying at the Oxford House School of English , and will also visit the Oxford University Press as the trip has been made possible by an East German publishing house . |
| 21 | That 's the last time they 'll get an invite , I can tell you . ’ |
| 22 | so er , cos me heart was in me mouth when they come up for Christmas , and that 's the last time they were up I thought me tree 's gon na go over , you know , I thought if he pulls at me tree or anything , but , he was , he was as good as gold for not , he was n't trying to get me ornaments or anything , he was er , you know , just happy to play with his own toys , so he was n't naughty . |
| 23 | It was the second time they had broken up and been reconciled . |
| 24 | This was the second time they had done the walk , and they found it tougher than in previous years . |
| 25 | It was the second time they 'd searched for her , following sightings in North Oxford . |
| 26 | The Home Secretary 's reserve powers were not intended to be used frequently and this was the first time they had been used . |
| 27 | This was the first time they had reached the second round and it was reflected in the atmosphere , though the official attendance of 3,877 , a record for the purpose-built Meadow Park ground , was hardly accurate . |
| 28 | Their 4-1 defeat by Australia here last year was the first time they had lost a one-day series at home . |
| 29 | Although they had often stayed in the country , this was the first time they had lived in it , and that makes all the difference . |
| 30 | It was the first time they had ever spoken of the affection they felt . |