Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub |
2 | I remembered Sopworth saying how the cat had no sense of territory , how he 'd only just caught it the first time it escaped , racing north along the A2 . |
3 | The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer . |
4 | Well I think there in , well they ca n't go together , told you the last time you was here , they ca n't go on holiday together . |
5 | if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today ! |
6 | So she told us the last time she was round she was going on a course for that sort of thing and she said now would you like to try it said fair enough . |
7 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
8 | ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her . |
9 | Hell , he could n't even ask , having told her the next time she would have to take the initiative , but if she did n't take it soon he was going to go out of his mind ! |
10 | He really did n't like it the first time we played it , so he tried spoiling it . |
11 | Suppose , for example , that your most recent life had been a particularly horrifying and traumatic one : you would not really want to experience it the first time you were regressed , as you might not be able to cope . |
12 | Well in the Midland Bank and they were wearing them the last time you were there . |
13 | ‘ I shall call you the next time we are free , and we will do the rest , Yes ? ’ |
14 | ‘ Well , she was doing it the first time I laid eyes on her ! ’ |
15 | And he said , it 's most unlike me , as you probably know , but he said I could n't tell you the last time I had time off work , but he said , I have n't been into the office since th cos I 've been feeling really bad ! |
16 | What do I tell him the next time he asks |
17 | Well ask him the next time you see him . |
18 | He demonstrates his belief to the union that problems can be overcome , and if he fails to convince them the first time he 'll try again and again . |
19 | And my real father — I mean my official , signed and sealed father — struck me the only time I met him as a grandiose old phoney . |
20 | ‘ Something was bothering you the first time we met , and you kept quiet about that , too . |
21 | That 's what I thought it was at first but when he said it the next time it sounded different , it was nymph , rag nymph , that 's what he called me . |