Example sentences of "this would [be] the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would be the first time that Japan 's ‘ self-defence ’ forces had operated far from home . |
| 2 | But an intimate dinner at the château was another matter altogether — because this would be the first time she 'd as much as set eyes on him since he 'd walked away from her outside this very room on that awful night . |
| 3 | This would be the second time Mike 's mother had looked after Catherine . |
| 4 | He promised himself that this would be the last time he strayed beyond the legally permitted limits in life-he could n't risk the loss of Celia . |
| 5 | Anyway , he always told himself that this would be the last time ; this time he would find some really good job in which he would get on really well and his talents would be appreciated and people would like him and he would surprise all his Tormentors , so there would be no reason to go through the whole fraught and sapping business of signing on again . |
| 6 | He wondered if this would be the last time . |