Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] be the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I 've I 've phoned three or four times and you can get no reply and I 'm , I 'm a bit cheesed off with it cos this is the second time |
| 2 | If this is the first time the guest has used the hotel a guest history card is sometimes created ( see Fig. 3.35 ) . |
| 3 | Note also that the priority field defaults to Routine , if this is the first time the DC has been updated . |
| 4 | After a while the whistle is repeated — by the same blackbird or by its mate — but always as if this were the first time it had occurred to him to whistle ; if this is a dialogue , each remark is uttered after long reflection . |
| 5 | He rose from his chair and held out his hand , as if this was the first time the two of them had met . |
| 6 | The voice was weary , as if this was the fourth time he 'd been called by his father that evening . |
| 7 | We pay them at proof stage because that 's the second time we get any money from the client . |
| 8 | Erm reply to er most , because that 's the second time . |
| 9 | The theory is that my reschedule marker would be on next Tuesday 's , not a week Tuesday 's , diary page , because that 's the next time I 'm going to be able to do anything in my office . |
| 10 | It does n't , if you like , make sense and the key year , as I say , is nineteen seventy eight because that was the first time that spending on overseas holidays exceeded the spending on U K holidays . |
| 11 | You are curious , you are looking for something else , because this is the second time that you have invited me to have a drink , you order cheiro as though you were one of us , you are a foreigner and pretend to speak like us , yet you drink little and then you stay silent and wait for me to speak . |
| 12 | Okay let's see your essays spend er twenty or thirty minutes talking about the essays and the remainder of the tutorial talking about er the exams because this is the last time I see you before your exams in the tutorial anyway erm so just a few hints and tips on exam technique . |
| 13 | Perhaps because this was the first time I was all alone in a big city in a new country . |
| 14 | She was excited because this was the first time that de Levantiére had followed the New Look that was capturing the world but was still hard to come by in England because of clothes rationing . |
| 15 | This proved a great success , not least because this was the first time that paintings by Jackson Pollock had been exhibited in Europe . |
| 16 | Which leads us on to the big selling point of these guitars , since this is the first time a production Telecaster has been fitted with a five-way switch . |
| 17 | However , there were many instances cited where GPs felt that they could not ‘ help ’ users even when this was the first time that they had sought it . |
| 18 | Though this is the first time they have mentioned a gun . |
| 19 | Quite a few odd things had happened in the last two days and , though this was the first time she 'd admitted it even to herself , she 'd felt vaguely uneasy , threatened , ever since she 'd arrived in Venice . |
| 20 | ‘ As this is the first time I 've been to Ca ’ del Leone , the answer must be no . ’ |
| 21 | And the Scots have every right to feel a ‘ wee bit peeved ’ at Montgomery Pipe Band , as this is the first time the overall championship trophy has gone outside the Highlands . |
| 22 | As this was the first time this had happened , how could we be expected to know in advance ? |
| 23 | I watched , fascinated , for this was the first time he had confronted a murderer with a plausible explanation but very little proof . |