Example sentences of "that was the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That was the forty-seventh time we 'd done those few lines . ’ |
| 2 | That was the second time he had been saved from drowning . |
| 3 | That was the second time this afternoon he had mentioned Seville and that was a bit of a coincidence . |
| 4 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 5 | That was the first time I 'd had any money out of gigging in a year . |
| 6 | That was the first time I was conscious that before the apocalypse I had never thought of visualising anywhere but in my stomach . |
| 7 | For a short while , neither of us was allowed to drive , and that was the first time I 've known Michael to be really downhearted . |
| 8 | A few days later the father told a project worker , ‘ You know that was the first time I felt I had something to offer to the school . ’ |
| 9 | That was the first time Nathan knew that something was n't right . |
| 10 | That was the first time I was to see pain and suffering at close quarters . ’ |
| 11 | I do remember that that was the first time I wondered if I could bring myself to retire … |
| 12 | I think that was the first time I uttered the words , ‘ Never mind . |
| 13 | In fact , it never occurred to me that it made a difference until I was in a trial and a scout said ‘ We 're quite interested in the coloured lad ’ and that was the first time I realized they thought of me as anything other than my name . |
| 14 | Afterwards her mother said that was the first time anyone in the family had defended her . |
| 15 | It does n't , if you like , make sense and the key year , as I say , is nineteen seventy eight because that was the first time that spending on overseas holidays exceeded the spending on U K holidays . |
| 16 | Nick , holding her , said quietly , " That was the first time for you . " |
| 17 | See What so that was the first time |
| 18 | That was the first time . |
| 19 | I think that was the first time that a chill hit Mala too , for she seemed to grow a little pale . |
| 20 | spend a day Oh aye , that 's what I was going to say , that was the first time I 've actually been through . |
| 21 | ‘ And that was the first time ye 'd ever set eyes on him ? ’ |
| 22 | That was the first time the Hound appeared , my sons . |
| 23 | That was the first time she 'd acknowledged the truth of the malai presence ; we 'd never mentioned the disappearances . |
| 24 | That was the first time he let me see the extent of the bitterness that was poisoning him . |
| 25 | That was the first time I had any idea ! ’ |
| 26 | That was the first time that there had been a programme for sustainable forestry management in Guyana . |
| 27 | That was the first time she hard him mention Mackenzie . |
| 28 | That was the first time I killed , because of what my cousin Blyth Cauldhame had done to our rabbits , Eric 's and mine . |
| 29 | ‘ She knows my name ! ’ he commented wryly , and at that moment Leith realised that that was the first time she had used it . |
| 30 | ‘ That was the first time we 'd met . ’ |