Example sentences of "was the [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whitsuntide was the traditional time for wearing new clothes and the little girls were all smart in their prettiest dresses , mostly white , with ribbons and flowers in their hair . |
| 2 | Oh the teachers were very good , they usually greeted you with a big plum or something , if it was the right time of the year , which it usually was . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd always wanted to work with Mutt Lange ; I 've actually tried to work with Mutt since 1984 , but he was always busy on a project , but he wanted to do it and it was the right time for both of us . |
| 4 | In the Western calendar a new decade had just begun — it was the right time for a new beginning ! |
| 5 | A week ago , sterling joined the European Exchange Rate Mechanism ; it lifted the gloom for the Tory Party Conference in Bournemouth , and this afternoon , the Chancellor , John Major , came to explain why now was the right time for Britain to join . |
| 6 | It was the second time in 24 hours that they had acted to stop a party in the county . |
| 7 | It was the second time in successive World Cup ties that Leighton had let down his colleagues . |
| 8 | In 1941 , after a brief and inauspicious period of Vichy French rule , Lebanon was again occupied by Allied armies ; it was the second time in 24 years that British troops had crossed the southern frontier from Palestine . |
| 9 | It was the second time in their acquaintanceship that she had put her hand on his thigh . |
| 10 | She knew with total certainty that her imagination had n't been playing tricks , and that it was the second time in only a few minutes that she 'd heard those precise words . |
| 11 | It was the second time in eight months that Barre had changed the government , and no official reasons were given for the changes , but Barre called on the new Cabinet , sworn in on Sept. 5 , to solve the current civil war and economic crisis . |
| 12 | It was the second time in a fortnight the Glens had gone down to Portadown , but Saturday 's was a much brighter performance than the 3– |
| 13 | This was the ritualistic time for the slaying of a leader , as Julius Caesar found out to his peril . |
| 14 | From this primitive idea sprang the belief that it was important to celebrate Easter at the correct date , since this was the crucial time of combat between God ( or Christ ) and the Devil , and God required the support of his worshippers to defeat the Devil . |
| 15 | This hour , before the heat began to build up , was the best time of day to be out of doors , and since her mistress would be asleep for some time yet she was free to go as she pleased . |
| 16 | ‘ You know , that was the best time of my life , when I drove the Truck , ’ said Angalo dreamily . |
| 17 | He claims this was the best time of his life . |
| 18 | He claims this was the best time of his life . |
| 19 | It was the best time of his life , and everything since has been second best . |
| 20 | At the end of the story significantly called Youth , a story in which Conrad calls on his own memory of the testing of ardent feelings in critical conditions in describing the last fatal , curtailed voyage of the old Judea , Marlow as narrator , sitting in comfortable middle age among men who , like him , had served an apprenticeship at sea , challenges them to deny that this was the best time of their lives : |
| 21 | But as they had n't seen each other since the day they both left the house , I did n't think my debut in The Jungle Book was the best time for a reunion . |
| 22 | Unfortunately for the historian , it was the only time in his life when he kept a diary . |
| 23 | It was the only time in her life that she had noticed her maternal grandmother at a disadvantage , on the defensive . |
| 24 | ‘ It was the only time in my life that I 've drifted , and I think maybe in order to grow you need to drift some . |
| 25 | It was the only time in my life I 've been a pain to my family . |
| 26 | Austen Chamberlain was equally enthusiastic at the time , but later put the occasion into somewhat more critical perspective by saying that it was the only time in fourteen years that he had ever known Baldwin to influence a Cabinet decision . |
| 27 | It was the only time in her life when she was free of Doubts . |
| 28 | Charles had chosen to stay in Scotland because it was the perfect time of year for all the activities he enjoyed there . |
| 29 | It was the first time since 1921 that England had lost the first three Tests of a home rubber . |
| 30 | It was the first time since 1966 that the FT , the paper serving businessmen and the City , had failed to endorse the Conservatives . |