Example sentences of "[vb past] this time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prime Minister of Barbados , Erskine Sandiford , agreed this time , however , to co-ordinate efforts to create a single market by 1994 . |
| 2 | Kevin tried a few years ago and failed this time … he aims to make history … and if he does we 'll be there … |
| 3 | While it declined to say how much money it got this time , its four backers , the Mayfield Fund , Institutional Venture Partners , Menlo Ventures and St Paul Venture Capital , are now into it to the tune of $12.2m total . |
| 4 | The motorcyclist beat this time by five minutes , but conditions were unusual ; many institutions such as the University and the Art College remained closed for a second day of holiday , which meant traffic was unusually light . |
| 5 | Malta were unfortunate to lose 2-1 to Italy last December , but , with three defenders suspended this time , they could not repeat that performance . |
| 6 | The sight of the two customers that entered this time stayed her hand holding the small brass scoop that was about to transfer a minute amount of coconut chips to the scale . |
| 7 | It is not surprising that one railway executive of the period described this time as one of ‘ calamitous overbuilding ’ in Canadian railways . |
| 8 | He shouted this time , and tugged harder . |
| 9 | On April 27th Michael Heseltine , the industry minister , formally opened another state-of-the-art car factory — built this time by Honda in Swindon . |
| 10 | On 22 May 1939 , Joyce appeared at Westminster Police Court , charged this time with assault and offences against the Public Order Act . |
| 11 | And what title has British Coal used this time ? |
| 12 | Those ‘ best bits ’ do not include the unions , excluded this time to their disgust . |
| 13 | But erm er so I thought that was er so that was the only thing that I would actually pick up on there erm and the one thing I noticed this time , and you did n't , I mean this was n't the case when you did erm the role play this morning , but this time , and I do n't know whether it was because you had less confidence with what , with actual talking about the product , but you had very little eye contact with Maggie . |
| 14 | Category 1 again contains the barn owl and short-eared owl but joined this time by the snowy owl . |
| 15 | Back for another airing are The Old Gits , the pair of horrible old pensioners , Mr ‘ You Do n't Want To Do That ’ , The Slobs and The Scousers , those Liverpool favourites joined this time by Barry and Terry from Brookside . |
| 16 | What happened this time ? |
| 17 | But the consignor , had to settle for the $750,000 ( £468,750 ) Berry-Hill Galleries paid this time . |
| 18 | The police returned this time to Reading , after obtaining Drew 's jacket from a Nottingham dry-cleaners . |
| 19 | Sam flinched this time , visibly . |
| 20 | More lightning flickered overhead , followed this time by several cracks of thunder , each a tearing whiplash of sound . |
| 21 | He glared down at her for eternal seconds and then his mouth descended and Robyn felt the anger and fire , still there , but focused this time in the searing heat of his kiss , the grip of his embrace , the rough glory as his hands roamed her body , conjuring desire and need out of nowhere , moulding her to him , showing Robyn just how much she wanted him , how much he desired her . |
| 22 | Moreover , Corbett loved this time of the year and realised how much he missed Maeve and the serenity of his own manor house . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm bowling a bit quicker , but they main difference is that I feel more confident and settled this time , ’ he explained . |
| 24 | It was Barnard who called this time . |
| 25 | He put some more toast on and watched this time . |
| 26 | The one novelty was that , in addition to blaming one another , both sides chose this time to blame America too . |
| 27 | It may be that we felt this time we ought to have voted Labour , that this was the more altruistic , moral , even noble , choice . |
| 28 | If the one we crossed this time was a steep climb and then a pleasant sweep into a warm green valley , and not the mountains of the moon , I was the better pleased , because although it was different it was also wonderful , and because I felt instinctively that the heights must be earned . |
| 29 | Ireland represented this time by Christy O'Connor Jnr and Ronan Rafferty were champions back in 1958 while Wales won five years ago through Ian Woosnam and David Llewellyn . |
| 30 | Each time the effect is the same ; confusion followed by a peering at familiar things , then an inventory to work out what went this time . |