Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] time [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another part in the book that I did n't understand until I had read it for the second time was a bit right at the every end . |
| 2 | So performing live in the Land of Song for the first time was an emotional experience for Kylie and her relatives . |
| 3 | Seeing him lying in an incubator for the first time was a uniquely distressing experience . |
| 4 | The fact that the Institute was setting down its objectives for the first time was seen as ‘ a move in the right direction ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Meeting her for the first time was nerve-racking to say the least , ’ says one insider at BSkyB . |
| 6 | He was also still considerably lighter , although as he rolled his sleeves right up to the top of his arms , Ellie for the first time was aware of the amount of muscle he seemed to have gained . |
| 7 | Indeed , restaurants , cafes and licensed premises which sell liquor for consumption on the premises ( e.g. pubs and wine bars ) were for the first time was the 1987 Use Classes Order brought within a stated class . |
| 8 | Not for the first time was I confronted by the limitations of the mighty Talisman of Shag ; neither the giant oak doors of the western entrance , nor the south porch , nor any of the transept doorways yield to it . |
| 9 | The danger and the extra effort needed to shoe a colt for the first time was recognized by a custom called in some districts of East Anglia by the term First Nail which presumably referred to the violent shock the first nail would give to the colt . |
| 10 | None of the three Conservative candidates standing in the area for the first time was elected . |
| 11 | The fact that the army and guerrillas had agreed to meet directly for the first time was seen as a breakthrough and a indication that " professional " elements in the army leadership wished for a political solution . |
| 12 | During a five-hour address on the opening day , which for the first time was not broadcast live , Castro painted a bleak picture of an economy critically dependent on trade with the Soviet Union . |
| 13 | But seeing him for the first time was like when you buy a new make of car you never noticed that kind before , then you realise they 're all over the place . |
| 14 | During the hearing , Sir Montague said that people trying the drug for the first time were in particular danger . |
| 15 | The other two mammal species which bred for the first time were a pair of Geoffroy 's marmoset which had one youngster , and the cheetah female , Angie , who produced four cubs . |
| 16 | The oldest European trees seldom exceed 700 or 800 years , so that European explorers seeing California redwoods for the first time were awestruck by their size and age . |
| 17 | As Nell followed , the rows of screens for the first time were blank , showing no signs of life . |
| 18 | Young ladies being presented for the first time were known as debutantes . |
| 19 | Many Irish women , including myself , who had come to England for the first time were truly shocked by the levels of anti-Irish racism directed at us . |
| 20 | After being taken round by a six or seven year old , parents visiting the school for the first time were given the opportunity to talk to me or to one of my colleagues . |
| 21 | The USSR had acquired substantial assets in the Third World , which for the first time were threatened by a combination of internal rebellion and external pressure . |
| 22 | Well , the only racing writers who were at Down Royal for the two day July meeting when the new stand was put into use for the first time were Tony and Peter O'Hehir and myself . |
| 23 | A dispute in Hungary at about the same time was not resolved so amicably , at least in part because Hungary occupied a far more important strategic position in terms of Soviet security than did Yugoslavia . |
| 24 | There was also a section where goods not redeemed within the allotted time were for sale . |
| 25 | It was a typical paradox that now , when he could , had he wished , have stayed for the whole autumn , he should leave before the allotted time was up . |
| 26 | The only change made to the design in the intervening time was making the device surface mount rather than CPGA , LSI said , a factor that contributes to its cost-effectiveness . |
| 27 | His mother in the mean time was summoned to London ( some say Windsor ) for an audience with the Queen . |
| 28 | One of the chief causes at the present time was the increase in interest rates , especially for the self-employed . |
| 29 | He said no one working for the Post Office at Middleton at the present time was in any way part of the investigation . |
| 30 | The ‘ development risks ’ defence is available where the defendant shows ‘ that the state of scientific and technical knowledge at the relevant time was not such that a producer of products of the same description as the product in question might be expected to have discovered the defect if it had existed in his products while they were under his control . ’ |