Example sentences of "[adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Indeed , the changes were very like the effects of irradiation with X- or ultra-violet rays , but this time they were being produced by a chemical instead of a physical agent . |
| 32 | Some skins went further than the number one crop and had a ‘ dark shadow ’ , but at this time they were never bald . |
| 33 | This time they saw him as a public enemy . |
| 34 | This issue too concerns third parties , although this time they are creditors rather than buyers . |
| 35 | But this time they were chemicals . |
| 36 | By this time they were taking species such as the blue , sei and sperm that are found in the deeper oceans , and were whaling as far afield as the Antarctic and Atlantic oceans . |
| 37 | During this time they provided an average of five daily meals often baking bread two or three times a day in addition to tending the garden and cows . |
| 38 | This time they told us that we were to stop hunting musk and tār . |
| 39 | They threatened me once more , only this time they sounded much more serious . |
| 40 | For younger children , play the same game but this time they can hit the ball with their hands to keep it in the air . |
| 41 | ‘ And this time they have n't even arrived . ’ |
| 42 | By this time they are more able to fend for themselves , and have a better chance of survival . |
| 43 | And , well , I was n't doing anything , so I just started writing songs again — but this time they were guitar-based songs and I was working on a Portastudio . |
| 44 | ‘ We 'll be doing more long songs , but this time they 'll be long because there 's more to them , not because they 're jammed out … |
| 45 | Next in line are the treble , middle and bass controls for channel two ; this time they double as a bright control , another notch filter , a contour control — to add warmth at low volume levels — and Rivera 's own trademarked Ninja Boost circuit . |
| 46 | In common with fig 4 this relies on fast alternate picked double stops , only this time they are at a faster tempo , phrased in sixteenths and have a moving line added as a third ( lower ) part . |
| 47 | Howard says drearily if Labour ca n't do it this time they never will . |
| 48 | This time they had a big Rottweiler with them . |
| 49 | By this time they felt accepted into the local community , and part of it . |
| 50 | After this time they were never really separated for any long period , and the course of Dorothy 's life can be regarded as the same as Wordsworth 's . |
| 51 | And this time they playing on a miserably wet and windy day at Athletic Park which , even at the best of times , can be a most unfriendly spot for touring teams . |
| 52 | But this time they will be of no avail . |
| 53 | The civil servants ( not often wrong , but this time they gave bad advice ) wanted to remove this long example from the body of the Report , and relegate it to an appendix , or , better still , cut it out completely . |
| 54 | Last time the fibre-optic and wire-cutter had gone in by the front door ; this time they were to enter by the back . |
| 55 | This time they were overburdened with luggage which was far too heavy for even the lenient Gulf Air to overlook . |
| 56 | During this time they would attempt to popularize the LGS message further by organizing health education activities in schools , mosques and meetings . |
| 57 | It was enough to get the shop moving and this time they offered Lawrence a replacement — but of an inferior model . |
| 58 | By this time they had resuscitated him . |
| 59 | ‘ But maybe this time they wo n't know exactly what to expect from us . ’ |
| 60 | THIS time they were tears of joy … |