Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be the first time ever in the Five Nations Championship that two referees have dropped out of the opening games , with England 's Ed Morrison missing the Ireland v Wales game through a rib injury , and Yours Truly having to watch the England v Ireland game on television through a ‘ flu virus . |
| 2 | Labour MP Brian Wilson quipped : ‘ It must be the first time Maggie 's had trouble getting people to sign on . |
| 3 | This must be the first time anybody has been profiled in current editions of both Climber & Hill Walker and Homes & Gardens . |
| 4 | But it must be the first time MEN have had to make sure they look good just to answer the phone . |
| 5 | But this must be the first time I 've puked for about two years . |
| 6 | ‘ There we go again — must be the fourth time this month . ’ |
| 7 | It might be the first time you send flowers , but that does n't matter . |
| 8 | At first I had thought she would recover , but when I learned her illness was serious , I decided to visit her at night , for what might be the last time . |
| 9 | For about fifteen minutes he did nothing but sit there contentedly , sipping his coffee and watching their restless , flickering scene around him through half-open eyes : the tall , bearded man with a cigar and a fatuous grin who walked up and down at an unvarying even pace like a clockwork soldier , never looking at anybody ; the plump ageing layabout in a Gestapo officers leather coat and dark glasses holding court outside the door of the cafe , trading secrets and scandal with his men friends , assessing the passers-by as thought they were for sale , calling after women and making hour-glass gestures with his hairy gold-ringed hands ; a frail old man bent like an S , with a crazy harmless expression and a transistor radio pressed to his ear walking with the exaggerated urgency of those who have nowhere to go ; slim Africans with leatherwork belts and bangles laid out on a piece of cloth ; a Gypsy child sitting n the cold stone playing the same four note again and again on a cheap concertina ; two foreigners with guitars an a small crowd around them ; a beggar with his shirt pulled down over one shoulder to reveal the stump of an amputated arm ; a pudgy shapeless women with an open suitcase full of cigarette lighters and bootleg cassettes ; the two Nordic girls at the next table , basking half-naked in the weak March sun as though this might be the last time it appeared this year . |
| 10 | The Admiral can have the admiral 's cabin — it 'll be the first time an admiral has slept there . |
| 11 | It 'll be the first time she 's voted against the government and her former deputy Geoffrey says she 's guilty of disloyalty . |
| 12 | No , this this 'll be the first time they 've come down here in about three or four month . |
| 13 | It 'll be the first time the race will be multi racial . |
| 14 | It 'll be the first time somebody fucking kick in the head ! |
| 15 | No that 'll be the third time |
| 16 | There has been a strong hint that this will be the last competitive Masters for Arnold Palmer , 63 , and it could be the last time we see the jaunty 90-year-old Gene Sarazen , and Sam Snead , 80 in May , lead off the event with a ceremonial nine holes . |
| 17 | Of course , Catherine had kept away ; it could be the last time he would see his wife alive . |
| 18 | Clint says he has been sitting on the story of Unforgiven for 15 years waiting to grow into the part but denies that this could be the last time he saddles up and rides off into the sunset . |
| 19 | It may be the first time that they have had to live alone and that a whole new way of life has to be taken on board at a time when they are emotionally upset and feeling the sadness of being parted from their son or daughter . |
| 20 | Although children will already have had everyday experiences with water this may be the first time that water has been offered to them as a material to play and experiment with . |
| 21 | AI believes this may be the first time a poll has shown such opposition . |
| 22 | This may be the first time there has been a broad comparison of two fairly " complete " catalogue systems which are also internally quite similar ( the present writer had a hand in the design of both of them ) with the same users in the same library . |
| 23 | ( 61 ) That may be the first time in my life that a man has dared insult me . |
| 24 | He arrived in a top hat and morning coat , already a somewhat archaic form of working dress , and said to the waiting cameraman : ‘ Photograph me now , gentlemen , it may be the last time you will see me ’ . |
| 25 | This would be the second time Mike 's mother had looked after Catherine . |
| 26 | This would be the first time that Japan 's ‘ self-defence ’ forces had operated far from home . |
| 27 | Indeed , if Portsmouth and Sunderland were to defy the odds and emerge victorious from today 's matches against Liverpool and Norwich , it would be the first time in the 120-year history of the tournament that two teams from the Second Division contested the final . |
| 28 | The planned drinks party would be the first time that the Hamiltons had had guests since their party back at the end of August , and the artist was happy and excited about the event . |
| 29 | It would be the first time she had ever been with John to a place that was part of her own particular world , unless one counted the Ash Wednesday lunchtime service at her uncle 's church . |
| 30 | But an intimate dinner at the château was another matter altogether — because this would be the first time she 'd as much as set eyes on him since he 'd walked away from her outside this very room on that awful night . |