Example sentences of "it [vb past] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are always busy here , and it seemed the right time to start planning for an extension , ’ she said . |
| 2 | There was something I did n't tell you at your father 's funeral because it seemed the wrong time , but two days after he died , I received a letter from him . |
| 3 | I think they 'd always sort of wanted to go and explore , yes , and it seemed the ideal time , the boys were just about school age , erm , sort of you could well . |
| 4 | I did n't enjoy it when it happened the first time . |
| 5 | It marked the first time that an Offshore Division production platform has been used to process oil or natural gas from a third party well . |
| 6 | It does n't bother me the way it did the first time . |
| 7 | And even if a miracle somehow happened and he agreed to try again , it would simply end up exactly the same way it did the first time . |
| 8 | ‘ It would bore the rest of the company even more than it did the first time . ’ |
| 9 | The voice held the same polite incredulity as it had the first time . |
| 10 | She re-read the previous page , but by the time she 'd got to the bottom again it made as little sense as it had the first time . |