Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NICRA was the best-known civil rights group but it was neither the first nor the only organisation to agitate on civil rights demands . |
| 2 | It was n't the first such attack . |
| 3 | It was n't the first time he 'd thought that , but this time he was sure . |
| 4 | I guess it was n't the first tournament to be won and lost on the Road Hole at St Andrews . |
| 5 | Mrs Bennett would have a fit if she knew Celia had gone up to Beckwith 's Folly , but it was n't the first time lately that she had been overwhelmed by the desire to escape , although it was the first time she had actually done anything about it . |
| 6 | It was n't the first time Berowne had spent the night in St Matthew 's church vestry . ’ |
| 7 | It was n't the first time her pupil had mentioned Rossmayne and each time the girl 's face had lit up in a way which made the nun catch her breath . |
| 8 | It was n't the first time he 'd had this nightmare ; it was happening more often nowadays . |
| 9 | For it was n't the first time this had happened , by no means . |
| 10 | It was n't the first time Luke had contacted her since their sight seeing expedition — the flowers that by now she was coming to expect had arrived promptly next day , and with them a handwritten note — but it was the first time that she had heard his voice . |
| 11 | It was n't the first time in the Church and especially amongst the orthodoxly successful echelons of bishops and archdeacons , that Theodora had met a reluctance to tangle with that eminence grise , Gilbert Racy . |
| 12 | It was n't the first time she 'd heard that kind of comment . |
| 13 | When push came to shove , all he 'd really done was make a pass at her — it was n't the first she 'd had to deal with , and probably would n't be the last . |
| 14 | But despite that it was n't the first camp up . |
| 15 | It was n't the first time Isabel had said the words . |
| 16 | Something hit me across the face and it was n't the first kiss of springtime . |
| 17 | Well I can remember then the last year when I was in the ninth year we did it in that half term , it was n't the first |
| 18 | No , it was n't the first time , but remembering what had happened previously , how he had kissed her and , worst of all , how she had responded , she knew it was the last place she would have chosen when she needed to keep a clear head ! |
| 19 | It was n't the first time Juliet had wished she were n't an only child . |
| 20 | Maybe it was n't the last word in smartness - far from it — but it was very warm and comfortable , if rather too big . |
| 21 | My first experience with boys was not a great success but it was n't the last , and later I found myself in worse scrapes than on that first occasion . |
| 22 | they said exactly what you 're saying , it was n't the last twenty years it was |
| 23 | Mind you , it was n't the last time he fell in love . |
| 24 | It was not the first time the 48-year-old comedian and doctor had pooped the party . |
| 25 | Though it was not the first hostile bid — Charles Clore and Isaac Wolfson beat it by several years — the aluminium battle was a prototype for future bids in which a buyer made an offer to the shareholders of a listed firm against the wishes of its managers . |
| 26 | It was not the first time , but it was the worst . |
| 27 | It was not the first time he had seen such symptoms . |
| 28 | Besides , it was not the first disappointment . |
| 29 | It was not the first time Bill had felt let down by Mandy . |
| 30 | It was not the first time Stumpf 's skills had been put to such use . |