Example sentences of "time [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After leaving the prairies in 1937 my working career took me to many lands around the world for 37 years , and I must confess that during all that time I scarcely thought of my old friend Edna Jacques until January of 1974 , when we were living in Anguilla . |
| 2 | And at that time I rather fancied being involved in something with jazz-rock elements . |
| 3 | For a long time I just could not face wearing them at home . |
| 4 | The first time I just heard a sort of brassy actor 's voice with a bit of Northern in it , so I apologized and said it was a wrong number . |
| 5 | At the time I just wanted to be left alone , but now I 'm glad he pressured me into doing more talks . |
| 6 | " Yes , but how do you get the height ? " he replied , " Most of the time I just float two feet off the ground , and hardly ever get to fly at any decent height . " |
| 7 | At the same time I just had to find something to eat , for me and the patient . |
| 8 | It 's as if they think I 'm really Firmin and then from time to time I just pretend to be this white man called Charlie . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll tell you what you thought : you thought I only worked part-time and the rest of the time I just loafed around — that 's it , is n't it ? ’ |
| 10 | Well , I have n't got much money but well sometimes I do go to hostels , yeah but , most of the time I just sleep anywhere I can find a shelter . |
| 11 | ‘ At the time I also appeared in an episode of the Skyways series which did n't last too long because it was pretty dreadful , ’ remembered Kylie . |
| 12 | ‘ You must appreciate Stephen is jealous and kicks up a fuss every time I even suggest seeing you , but I do n't intend to let that stop me in future . |
| 13 | Last time I even had to produce my wedding certificate ! ! |
| 14 | At the time I honestly never gave a thought to why Billy Tuckett had been poncing around on the roof in the wee small hours or why he 'd chosen Sunil 's bathroom to fall through . |
| 15 | ‘ This is the time I normally ride round the hacienda . |
| 16 | This time I simply wrote him a decent-sized cheque and told him not to worry about repaying it . |
| 17 | To pass the heaving multitudes on the track , I raced up like a fell runner , unhappily only to find each time I successfully overtook what looked like a queue for an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that there were further extensive crocodiles of people ahead . |
| 18 | Last time I practically took my thumb off and apparently she does n't trust me not to do it again . |
| 19 | When I introduce myself to a class that I am working with for the first time I frequently begin by asking them to sit close by me on the floor and listen with their eyes shut to the sound of a pair of Indian bells struck together . |
| 20 | At that time I already knew most species of birds that occurred in my village , at least a hundred . |
| 21 | Oh my God the time I nearly got busted ! |
| 22 | But at the time I still saw him as all-powerful , especially sexually . |
| 23 | All this time I still wondered about the origin of babies , and one night I raised the subject with Nellie . |
| 24 | But I have to say that at that time I still did n't know , I had a good idea , that it was n't the man we were looking for but therefore he was still arrested and he was arrested on sus well for harbouring an escapee . |
| 25 | David asked if I could jive and at this particular time I always dressed as a man , which was probably another reason Calvin and I got along very well because Calvin wore velvet suits and I wore velvet suits — so that was one area we got on very well . |
| 26 | One step at a time I always say . |
| 27 | Every time I always get him in trouble in French . |
| 28 | I live on the reserve from March until early December and during this time I only go over to the mainland about once a month . |
| 29 | But she was frank and inaccessible as a Modigliani nude ; and I was back in the green glow of the glade — except that this time I too was observed . |
| 30 | It appears that all this time I too was working flat out , because , in addition to a heavy load of teaching , I was writing articles right and left , as well as tinkering with the political book . |