Example sentences of "be the [adj] time he " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had undoubtedly been the only time he 'd been able to relax . |
| 2 | No more than that , for we were all on renewable annual contracts and Clive never tired of reminding us just how many eager applicants there had been the last time he 'd had to ‘ let someone go ’ . |
| 3 | It wo n't be the first time he 's spent a night on the tiles ! ’ |
| 4 | Co-driver Stefano Sebastiani owns his own Ferrari , but this will be the first time he 's driven one on the race track on one of the world 's most demanding circuits . |
| 5 | Of course , Catherine had kept away ; it could be the last time he would see his wife alive . |
| 6 | He promised himself that this would be the last time he strayed beyond the legally permitted limits in life-he could n't risk the loss of Celia . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This year will be the last time he attends the Isle of Man TT races . |
| 9 | This Figaro is the first time he has tackled an opera written by someone other than himself . |
| 10 | Later Phillips said : ‘ I hope he 's back , but this is the first time he 's received official notification of being sacked . |
| 11 | This is the first time he 's even been remotely civil to me , for God 's sake … |
| 12 | He 's been in the business a long time but believe it or not this is the first time he 's been inside for over twenty years . |
| 13 | I think it is the first time he actually worked hard . |
| 14 | They think this is the first time he 's attacked since January , but are worried that there may be other victims that have n't come forward . |
| 15 | Winning trainer Tim Forster said : ‘ I am very pleased with Cherrykino , this is the first time he has really had to race over fences . |
| 16 | this company moves at such a rapid rate of knots that I have a meeting tomorrow morning with the Managing Director Building and Property Development at his house in Pitlochrie which is the only time he 's literally coming back to change his shirt before he goes wandering round the world again so the only way I can get him is to go up and stay with the in-laws over night and see him at breakfast time tomorrow . |
| 17 | It is the second time he has earned the label . |
| 18 | This is the second time he 's missed . |
| 19 | In fact it is the second time he has used the policy . |
| 20 | This is the second time he 's rung tonight . |
| 21 | It is the second time he has missed an international tour because of injury . |
| 22 | pills , that 's the only time he ever knew . |
| 23 | He went back to Nuremberg in 1946 to testify , but as far as I know that 's the only time he ever left the country . ’ |
| 24 | Yeah it 's the only time he 's quiet , he 's not coughing thank god . |
| 25 | I suppose that 's the only time he could go , you know |
| 26 | ‘ I took Fleck off and that did n't work so I took Le Saux off , put Eddie up front and he got a vital goal — and it 's the second time he 's done that for us . ’ |
| 27 | He made a mess of things in the park , but it 's the first time he 's got it wrong . |
| 28 | It 's the first time he 's seen television , Colonel . ’ |
| 29 | But it 's the first time he 's broadcast to people OUTSIDE campus . |
| 30 | But then again , that 's the first time he 's been in ring since |