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 It will be only the second time in 27 Tests at the Kensington Oval that no Barbadian fast bowler is included .
5 you were right the first time .
6 ‘ No … you were right the first time : what happened between us was a dreadful mistake … unplanned .
7 No , you were right the first time boy !
8 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 .
9 It is only the second time the ITV company has followed the American idea of using a survey to back up launch plans .
10 This is only the second time out for the Pond Racer .
11 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 .
12 This is only the second time in post-war history that war booty art treasures have been put on view .
13 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 .
14 In 20 years as headmaster this is only the second time something like this has happened and the previous incident was even smaller . ’
15 ‘ 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 .
16 It is only the second time the Tour de France has visited Britain .
17 It is only the second time this century that a school of sperm whales has been seen in the waters around Orkney .
18 This is only the fifth time this has happened in 20 years : the others were in 1970 , 1973 , 1974 and 1981 .
19 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 .
20 ‘ This is only the third time I 've met him . ’
21 Incredibly , this is only the third time the ‘ Amateur ’ has been in Ireland , and the championship was first played in 1885 .
22 For some people this is literally the first time they have thought about and felt sensual responses in their own body .
23 This is hardly the first time that Britain has enraged Brussels by attempting to wriggle out of European environmental legislation .
24 But you know the old saying , there 's always a first time for everything . ’
25 ‘ There 's always a first time . ’
26 He was being kind , she could tell , and not probing further , so she rewarded him with a rather watery smile , and said sententiously , ‘ There 's always a first time for everything . ’
27 There is an element of danger in the show but it is thoroughly checked , but there 's always a first time .
28 It 's good that there 's always a next time for birds — and all that jizz .
29 However , sales and industry standards are not always compatible in the computer world — and the Americans may be reluctant to fall into line , ‘ This is probably the first time that the Americans have adopted a European standard , ’ says Dave Garnett of the Cambridge software firm CIS .
30 This is probably the first time that someone who was acquainted with the central figure of such an enterprise has taken part in its creation : as if Tim Rice had known Eva Peron .
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