Example sentences of "[prep] the only time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Dale , perhaps for the only time in its short life , was full . |
| 2 | The margin of 425 runs was the largest runs victory West Indies have had over England , and for the only time in Test cricket Extras had a bigger match aggregate ( 44 ) than any batsman . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd like to know how much elation black leadership feels for this occasion , if any , of murder by mob , murder by trial , murder by jury , ’ Reed stated , his voice rising for the only time . |
| 4 | The D.M.U. appeared in grey and yellow livery for the only time prior to a full repaint during the winter . |
| 5 | It was the verbal savagery of his pre-war outbursts in the streets of Shoreditch and Pimlico that made him a public danger for the only time in his life . |
| 6 | Thus it transpired , for the only time in the BBC 's history , that the Design Department was asked to undertake the responsibility and the budgets for all visual effects , special props , models , etc. , needed for the television series . |
| 7 | Accordingly for the only time ever I briefed Quintin Hogg ( as he then was ) . |
| 8 | This sense of self-doubt also had some part in convincing Conservative leaders that neither Britain nor western society could survive another trauma of the seriousness of the First World War and thus , for the only time in history , the party abandoned its usual reliance on strong defences and the balance of power in Europe , adopting a policy towards Nazi Germany known as appeasement . |
| 9 | First , for the only time in his Gospel , he calls them apostles . |
| 10 | I have just done it for the only time in the 23,400,000 minutes of my life so far , and I doubt if I 'll do it again , so call these odds one in 25 million . |
| 11 | Then he attacked with venom and had Thornton looking troubled for the only time in the fight . |
| 12 | Flanagan began the big Bangor revival , winning the Ulster Cup and taking the club into Europe for the only time in their history as League runners-up two years ago . |
| 13 | The 26-year-old right back , capped for the only time two years ago , increases to 26 the squad that manager Graham Taylor expects to fly out to Katowice next Thursday for the first of the Group Two qualifiers next Saturday . |
| 14 | For the only time in any of her decorations Walker has made some of the figures quite distinctly male — the clearest being a nude figure in a pose which is repeated in reverse on either side of the central action , at the head of the crowd . |
| 15 | For the only time in his career ( with the arguable exception of the months between May 1945 and January 1946 ) de Gaulle was not confronted by an all-consuming national or international crisis . |
| 16 | See chapter 2 and do not look on the last fortnight as the only time to work , even if it does " concentrate your mind wonderfully " . |
| 17 | I could n't spell and about the only time in your life you 're not allowed to use a dictionary is in an English ‘ O ’ level exam . ’ |
| 18 | That 's about the only time I 've liked it here . ’ |
| 19 | Moreover , evenings were about the only time parents could relax together . |
| 20 | It 's about the only time I really hate the job , you know — with accidents and so on … having to tell the relatives , and all that . ’ |
| 21 | It was about the only time Ken opened up about his feelings about living in Farley Court by himself . |
| 22 | He tells me of the only time he has seen his mother drink ; her infant grandchild vomited on her coat , and she spouted a fine , volatile performance , screaming Christ Almighty the cross a woman has to bear , taking the Lord 's name in vain for the very first time . |
| 23 | At the only time in his life when he would have liked to he was so crushed by doubt and diffidence that he kept his eyes scrupulously trained upon the ground , or the table in front of him , or the wall behind the shoulder of the person concerned . |