Example sentences of "be [adv] [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.

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1 He had been right the first time .
2 come on because it would have been perhaps the first time I suppose it would n't be a
3 And , of course , you must make sure you 're here the next time we come swimming . ’
4 I did n't know he 'd even been out the first time .
5 It will be only the second time in 27 Tests at the Kensington Oval that no Barbadian fast bowler is included .
6 you were right the first time .
7 ‘ No … you were right the first time : what happened between us was a dreadful mistake … unplanned .
8 No , you were right the first time boy !
9 Last night there were a lot of people at the gig who were here the first time around and they can relate to what we 're doing .
10 It is only the second time the ITV company has followed the American idea of using a survey to back up launch plans .
11 This is only the second time out for the Pond Racer .
12 This is only the second time that 6203 has hauled passenger trains at the Centre , the first was in November 1991 when thick fog rather spoilt any photographic opportunities .
13 This is only the second time in post-war history that war booty art treasures have been put on view .
14 This is only the second time that the House has been given an opportunity to debate the momentous consequences of the closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International .
15 In 20 years as headmaster this is only the second time something like this has happened and the previous incident was even smaller . ’
16 ‘ This is only the second time Derry has got through to the final in 35 years , so tickets this year are like gold dust , ’ he said .
17 It is only the second time the Tour de France has visited Britain .
18 It is only the second time this century that a school of sperm whales has been seen in the waters around Orkney .
19 This is only the fifth time this has happened in 20 years : the others were in 1970 , 1973 , 1974 and 1981 .
20 It is only the fifth time in the post-war history of the tournament that this has happened , and only the third time there has been a First Division v Second Division clash in each semi-final .
21 ‘ This is only the third time I 've met him . ’
22 Incredibly , this is only the third time the ‘ Amateur ’ has been in Ireland , and the championship was first played in 1885 .
23 For some people this is literally the first time they have thought about and felt sensual responses in their own body .
24 This is not the first time that such considerations have arisen for readers of his fiction .
25 Although Willem ‘ Wimpie ’ de Klerk , the President 's brother , was a member of the team , it is not the first time he has met Mr Mbeki .
26 This is not the first time nor the last that we encounter this influential organization .
27 This is not the first time that Vitelli has insisted to Clara that his sexual desire for her is conjoined with an equally strong desire to kill/ fuck her father ( and , now , her brother ) :
28 This is not the first time in his career that Mr Bond , condemned for unconventional and perhaps sometimes dubious business tactics , has teetered on the brink of bankruptcy .
29 This is not the first time Mr Gorbachev has shown his brutal streak .
30 It is not the first time that , for whatever reason , such a ‘ mistake ’ , if you can call it that , has been made with the best will in the world .
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