Example sentences of "[pron] be the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had no idea where I was the first time |
| 2 | ‘ I was the last time I checked , ’ nodded the man . |
| 3 | A couple of times a month she has a drink with the women at work , which is the only time she goes out . |
| 4 | this company moves at such a rapid rate of knots that I have a meeting tomorrow morning with the Managing Director Building and Property Development at his house in Pitlochrie which is the only time he 's literally coming back to change his shirt before he goes wandering round the world again so the only way I can get him is to go up and stay with the in-laws over night and see him at breakfast time tomorrow . |
| 5 | There should be no major reconstruction of the industry while we are in the middle of a recession , which is the worst time for such a reconstruction . |
| 6 | Blake spoke to one of the warders , which is the last time anyone can remember seeing him . |
| 7 | Then the pastry for the tarte , again all mixed by hand , would not lift off the board — which was the only time Eric had to come to the rescue . |
| 8 | He called me a usurer , which was the first time I 'd heard the word , paid me back £1.20 after four weeks , paraded at weekends in his new shirt , and we were friends thereafter . |
| 9 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
| 10 | She was the headmistress of a school in Bolton and read about me when Alec Donaldson wrote an article in the Yorkshire Post , which was the first time my name was brought to the attention of the public . |
| 11 | As you will appreciate , we completed fully the recent form you sent us , which was the first time I can remember seeing one of this kind . |
| 12 | Which was the last time I did George 's was the day when I came down . |
| 13 | Well we were talking about timing for people , you 're the same time in your car as you are in |
| 14 | There was no looking back ; I wanted to remember Fiona as she was the last time we met , standing in the doorway of the croft , her black hair blowing in the breeze as she waved me goodbye . |
| 15 | Summarising prospects for a US-Soviet summit , Baker said : " I think we are right where we were the last time . " |
| 16 | Erm , there 's the , the time zone map and phone map of the United States , there 's the international time zone map , there are key telephone numbers if you 're , happen to be travelling in America . |
| 17 | Yeah , and there was the last time I cut it I remember . |
| 18 | Erm there was the whole time a sense of anxiety about him . |
| 19 | They 're alright down here , at least they were the last time we had them . |
| 20 | ‘ Would it be the first time ? |
| 21 | This is not the first time that this issue has reached the public domain , or will it be the last time that the House is asked to focus on the rights and duties of citizens in circumstances — from time to time inevitable circumstances — when the interests of one individual or one set of individuals necessarily impinge on and potentially damage the interests of others . |
| 22 | It were the first time I ever heard him do it . |
| 23 | Spring is in the air and it 's the perfect time to start preparing your body for those glorious summer months . |
| 24 | It 's the perfect time to wear it , especially in those lovely vibrant autumn colours . |
| 25 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
| 26 | Fuck it , we thought , it 's the first time Malcolm 's splashed out and Vivienne 's coming on at us like some kind of school maam , and Malcolm was n't bothered , he was past caring . |
| 27 | It 's the first time Bentley has had an all-new shape to itself for almost two generations — since 1952 , in fact , when the first of the R-type Continentals was launched in limited numbers and initially for export only . |
| 28 | It 's the first time in his career he has n't come out on top . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's the first time an older woman has really stirred me . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It 's the first time that Jackie and Terry have met , ’ beamed someone else from Heinemann , sailing resolutely forward towards the cameras . |