Example sentences of "was the [num ord] time i " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the fifth time I had him on the floor , so the referee was right to stop it ’ . |
| 2 | It was the second time I had failed to finish an AAA Championship and I vowed to do better . |
| 3 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 4 | Perhaps because this was the first time I was all alone in a big city in a new country . |
| 5 | This was the first time I had seen him since the landings . |
| 6 | That was the first time I 'd had any money out of gigging in a year . |
| 7 | As I opened it , and looked out , I realized that it was the first time I had consciously looked out : before , I had always been hurrying by . |
| 8 | It was the first time I had made this mistake , but Bamba immediately turned and ran back to us . |
| 9 | But after years of the DHSS , it really was the first time I 'd been spoken to like a human being . |
| 10 | Mr Mackintosh said : ‘ Last night was the first time I have ever had a show not continue . ’ |
| 11 | This was the first time I had seen him surf in the flesh , but for an entire month I had contemplated him pulling fearlessly into a vicious Pipeline tube when I should have been writing lectures . |
| 12 | I realized with a shock that this was the first time I had been really unhappy since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 13 | It was the first time I had heard orderly 's German : a rich hybrid language spoken with any English local accent which often achieved wonders when the phrases of classroom or grammar book produced only a blank expression and a shrug of the shoulders . |
| 14 | That was the first time I was conscious that before the apocalypse I had never thought of visualising anywhere but in my stomach . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was the first time I had heard it . |
| 17 | This was the first time I had been to the house and it seemed enormous . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | I was so proud that day because it was the first time I wore a rather special red coat with matching red hat . |
| 20 | Another 48 Hours was done out of fear because Harlem Nights was the first time I 'd had a movie that flopped . |
| 21 | ‘ It was a process of necessity , really but , since it was just me and a Portastudio , it was the first time I 'd ever been in the position of being able to write and record without any kind of pressure from anyone else . |
| 22 | ‘ It was the first time I 'd ever seen myself on screen . |
| 23 | It was the first time I had seen her in a pale colour — a light grey dress which made her seem shadowy . |
| 24 | ‘ It was the first time I did n't have to worry what the other girls were gon na think , what anyone was gon na think and if I do n't like what happens I can cut it out … |
| 25 | This was the first time I felt a stab of personal anxiety . |
| 26 | It was the first time I had come across the word . |
| 27 | It was the first time I was able to say it . |
| 28 | This was the first time I 'd been into a prison and a number of things struck me during the day . |
| 29 | ‘ In Africa , ’ she continues , ‘ it was the first time I was confronted by these women that were fearless with each other . |
| 30 | That was the first time I was to see pain and suffering at close quarters . ’ |