Example sentences of "[was/were] the [adj] time [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the second time in their acquaintanceship that she had put her hand on his thigh . |
| 2 | 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 : |
| 3 | He claims this was the best time of his life . |
| 4 | He claims this was the best time of his life . |
| 5 | It was the best time of his life , and everything since has been second best . |
| 6 | ‘ You know , that was the best time of my life , when I drove the Truck , ’ said Angalo dreamily . |
| 7 | It was the only time in her life that she had noticed her maternal grandmother at a disadvantage , on the defensive . |
| 8 | It was the only time in her life when she was free of Doubts . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | It was the only time in my life I 've been a pain to my family . |
| 11 | Unfortunately for the historian , it was the only time in his life when he kept a diary . |
| 12 | It was the first time since its creation in 1949 that the Wills constituency had returned a non-ALP member . |
| 13 | Owen had the impression that this was the first time for her , as it certainly was n't for the other two . |
| 14 | Nick , holding her , said quietly , " That was the first time for you . " |
| 15 | It was the first time in their lives that Dorothy , although younger by ten years , had ever felt the stronger of the two . |
| 16 | It was the first time in her life she had ever hit anyone . |
| 17 | It was the first time in her life that she had been openly insulted . |
| 18 | It was the first time in her life she 'd heard Frank say something bold to his father . |
| 19 | Chesarynth felt conspicuous ; people around were staring at them , but it was the first time in her weary day 's travel that she had seen a box and it called to the echoes of firesong that the one on the Moon had left in her mind . |
| 20 | This was the first time in her life that she 'd been in the company of a man who could bring her out in nervous flushes , make her heartbeat race and her stomach turn all watery , just by watching her … |
| 21 | It was the first time in its 35 year history , that the Coast Guard 's Automated Mutual-assistance Vessel Rescue ( AMVER ) safety network has bestowed such an honour on a cruise ship . |
| 22 | Mr Jack Straw , Labour 's shadow education secretary , said last night that it was the first time in his 10 years in Parliament that responsibility for piloting such an important piece of legislation through committee had been left to such junior departmental politicians . |
| 23 | It was the first time in his life that he had slept out of doors ; as a boy , he and Jean-Paul had often pleaded to do this , and it had always been forbidden . |
| 24 | It was the first time in his 75 years that he had ever been a hospital patient . |
| 25 | It was the first time in his life he had seen anyone praying in their house . |
| 26 | It was the first time in my life I wanted to carry myself as a woman , not like a weird , kinda little ragamuffin girl . ’ |
| 27 | It was the first time in my life I ever thought of Diana as beautiful . |
| 28 | It was the first time in my life I had acted like a complete sod to other people , and I felt that my behaviour was worse because I had loads of advantages the lesser recruits did n't : I could speak French ; I was basically healthier and therefore found fitness much easier ; I was a north European Caucasian which endeared me to some of the more racist instructors . |
| 29 | This was the first time in my life that I had lived in deep country , without easy access to shops , transport and people I knew . |
| 30 | As I was permanently hungry , he used to make enormous treacle puddings — it was the first time in my life I had heard of such a dish — and always made sure I got a big helping . |