Example sentences of "it was [pos pn] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was her usual time . |
| 2 | She could hear Mrs Owen being castigated for not having turned right and left , instead of left and right , to Haematology , seeing as it was her first time . |
| 3 | She was just in for a fine and it was her first time . |
| 4 | She did n't have the lead but it was still a big part and it was her first time on the stage since the scandal . |
| 5 | I know it was a learner like and obviously it was her first time out . |
| 6 | It was their first time in ‘ the West ’ and they intended to cycle on into France and thence home via Belgium , the Netherlands and North Germany . |
| 7 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 8 | ‘ It was your first time , was n't it ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Your trust appeared so implicit that you did n't even see the need to warn me it was your first time . |
| 10 | ‘ That it was your first time ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It was my first time here and I was n't used to the power . |
| 12 | It was my first time in California and my first visit to a swank house . |
| 13 | It was my happiest time with Anne . |
| 14 | He jumped tremendously considering it was his first time over those fences . |
| 15 | The driver would have known it was his first time , did n't take offence at the yelling . |
| 16 | It was his first time was it ? |
| 17 | For Michael Corson , left of picture , it was his second time at Bury . |
| 18 | ‘ It was his favourite time of year and that is why we must celebrate it properly . |
| 19 | For many of us it was our first time in Northern Ireland and we were nervous about the Provos and the troubles . |
| 20 | It was our first time in the saddle and it had daughter , 11 , champing at the bit for more . |