Example sentences of "[was/were] not the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not the only time Poindexter had to shut North up : partly because North genuinely did not know how widely the secret was known , but partly because he could hardly resist it anyway . |
| 2 | It was not the only time that the Home Secretary , Sir George Grey , was identified as a sentimentalist . |
| 3 | This was not the first time that George had attempted a figurative animal sculpture . |
| 4 | It was not the first time the 48-year-old comedian and doctor had pooped the party . |
| 5 | This was not the first time I had noticed the old enmity of the Norwegians for the Germans . |
| 6 | The fight in Birkenhead was not the first time that Mr Field had crossed swords with the Labour left . |
| 7 | This was not the first time the elevator had startled her with its moods . |
| 8 | It was not the first time , but it was the worst . |
| 9 | Though Jan was not initially aware of it , this was not the first time they 'd been cast together . |
| 10 | This was not the first time my employer had raised such a question ; indeed , it seems to be something which genuinely troubles him . |
| 11 | It was not the first time he had seen such symptoms . |
| 12 | This was not the first time and , if he had survived , certainly would not have been the last . |
| 13 | This was not the first time I had dabbled in adultery . |
| 14 | It was not the first time Bill had felt let down by Mandy . |
| 15 | It was not the first time Stumpf 's skills had been put to such use . |
| 16 | It was not the first time that Orton , the veteran Malawi politician , had suffered this sort of torture . |
| 17 | For this was not the first time . |
| 18 | This was not the first time Alice had caught suggestions that Jasper liked being bound over — needed the edge it put on life . |
| 19 | It was not the first time he had come home covered in blood . |
| 20 | I replied that it was not the first time , but that I had borne the previous occasions with courage and would do so now . |
| 21 | It was not the first time he had been the recipient of an undiplomatic reference to the absence of colonial genes in Alexei 's physique , manner and appearance . |
| 22 | This was not the first time that water had been collected in bulk , but hitherto those who indulged in the practice had generally been powerful bodies , like water or railway companies , who had acted under powers given them by legislation which at the same time made them liable for harm done by its escape . |
| 23 | This was not the first time feminists had mobilized politically around religion , both to mount a searching critique of patriarchal society and to envisage more egalitarian forms of social organization . |
| 24 | The Shah 's own eyes 's were wet , This was not the first time that his officers had seen him show such emotion . |
| 25 | It was not the first time they had been told this . |
| 26 | But that was not the first time her husband 's penchant for hiding cash had nearly cost her dearly . |
| 27 | It was not the first time that Islamist sympathizers had succeeded in having action taken against a literary work — this had happened in 1959 and especially since the late 1980s . |
| 28 | It was not the first time they had played this mischievous game with each other , on stage . |
| 29 | Whilst the venue on this occasion was central and it was not the first time the A.G.M. had been held on a Friday evening , the Committee appreciates that perhaps the idea of holding the Meeting on the evening before the Dinner Dance to enable those travelling to London to attend both events was not a good one . |
| 30 | It was not the first time I had seen " my " insects . |