Example sentences of "[was/were] the [num ord] time [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the second time this season that the two Gwent sides had finished all-square , and that was the only sign of any lingering bitterness from the earlier match . |
| 2 | That was the second time this afternoon he had mentioned Seville and that was a bit of a coincidence . |
| 3 | It was the second time this season Dettori and Michael Roberts have split a decision after Shujan and Haddaaj proved inseparable at Sandown in July . |
| 4 | It was the first time professional ballet was seen in South Africa , and the performances caused much excitement . |
| 5 | Announcing the award of £162,150 , Mr Justice Otton said it was the first time such an action had been brought . |
| 6 | Courtaulds Fibres commercial director said this was the first time such an exercise had been held in Spain and the Courtaulds site was chose because it was the first in the country to have an emergency plan approved by the civil protection authorities . |
| 7 | It was the first time that night Bob had displayed any real emotion . |
| 8 | This was the first time that father and son had been separated and it is apparent that Leopold undertook much of the organisation for the visit , advising Mozart and his mother of places to stay , even giving the costs of meals as they made their way through the German states . |
| 9 | ( This , incidentally , was the first time that Boy had heard Madame refer to herself as Mother . ) |
| 10 | It was the first time that score had been played in Cape Town , and John Wright told me that the players in rehearsal threw down their instruments in despair . |
| 11 | It does n't , if you like , make sense and the key year , as I say , is nineteen seventy eight because that was the first time that spending on overseas holidays exceeded the spending on U K holidays . |
| 12 | Although government and rebels had met briefly in 1987 , it was the first time that army officers had agreed to talk with URNG representatives . |
| 13 | It was the first time two West Indian batsmen had made a century stand for the sixth wicket in each innings of a Test and it took the game right away from England ; when the last wicket fell , Logie was left unbeaten on 95 , the score was 397 , and England had to survive for the best part of two days . |
| 14 | The air battle was the first time Allied planes have been forced to respond to a breach . |
| 15 | This was the first time this season that the number one Mercedes , which suffered all weekend from a curious instability on the bumpiest section of the 2.75 mile track , did not start a WSPC race from the front row . |
| 16 | It was the first time this close to the foreman . |
| 17 | As this was the first time this had happened , how could we be expected to know in advance ? |
| 18 | He admits to being nervous because it was the first time this kind of operation was carried out . |
| 19 | It was the first time any one of them had asked her reasons for wanting to come across and see the New Year in , and she answered , ‘ Some men 's do , I suppose . ’ |
| 20 | But it was the first time these five principles had been drawn together and proclaimed specifically for the Gulf . |
| 21 | This was the first time clerical representatives had attended a parliament . |
| 22 | As the shop manager pointed out , it was the third time that month she 'd been late for work , and if they had n't needed her to turn up on time , they would n't have hired her in the first place . |
| 23 | Darlington Arts Centre THIS was the third time this season that jazz at the Arts Centre has clashed with a jazz concert elsewhere , this time with the Stan Tracey Octet in Gateshead . |
| 24 | The wedding of Helen and Tony was the last time all the Fitzgerald family would be together . |