Example sentences of "was [adv] [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was dead the last time I saw him . ’ |
| 2 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
| 3 | This was their sixth successive League victory , and though it was only the first time they have scored three goals in a game this season , everyone at Highbury knows it could have been seven . |
| 4 | In fact , when he stunned Jim courier and double Wimbledon champion Stefan Edberg that week it was only the seventh time in over four years that feat had been achieved . |
| 5 | It was only the second time she had taken part and this race , taking less than ten minutes , had been a particularly fast one , but as she said , it was a family tradition to take part in it and she had really enjoyed it . |
| 6 | It was only the second time this season we 've been comprehensively beaten . |
| 7 | It was only the second time since they had been married that she had rebuffed him . |
| 8 | It was only the second time they had worked together . |
| 9 | It was only the second time Meg had seen Arthur really angry . |
| 10 | It was only the fourth time that one horse had completed a clear round . |
| 11 | This was only the fourth time that this legislation had been invoked . |
| 12 | This was only the fourth time on which the UN had imposed sanctions , the previous occasions being sanctions against Rhodesia , South Africa and Iraq . |
| 13 | It did not matter that it was only the fourth time they had met ; she knew this moment was exceptional in her life and that , while their physical passion might be impulsive and unplanned , it was inescapable . |
| 14 | It was only the third time Huntworth has got round in his last 13 races under Rules , but those three completions have brought three wins . |
| 15 | That was only the third time it had happened in New Zealand . |
| 16 | Ian Readman , honorary secretary of the Redcar Station , said he believed it was only the third time a crew at the station had received a medal in the 190 years since the Zetland was first launched from Redcar . |
| 17 | This was not the first time that George had attempted a figurative animal sculpture . |
| 18 | It was not the first time the 48-year-old comedian and doctor had pooped the party . |
| 19 | This was not the first time I had noticed the old enmity of the Norwegians for the Germans . |
| 20 | The fight in Birkenhead was not the first time that Mr Field had crossed swords with the Labour left . |
| 21 | This was not the first time the elevator had startled her with its moods . |
| 22 | It was not the first time , but it was the worst . |
| 23 | Though Jan was not initially aware of it , this was not the first time they 'd been cast together . |
| 24 | This was not the first time my employer had raised such a question ; indeed , it seems to be something which genuinely troubles him . |
| 25 | It was not the first time he had seen such symptoms . |
| 26 | This was not the first time and , if he had survived , certainly would not have been the last . |
| 27 | This was not the first time I had dabbled in adultery . |
| 28 | It was not the first time Bill had felt let down by Mandy . |
| 29 | It was not the first time Stumpf 's skills had been put to such use . |
| 30 | It was not the first time that Orton , the veteran Malawi politician , had suffered this sort of torture . |