Example sentences of "[noun] the [adj] time [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did sting me a bit the first time I used it but has n't since . |
| 2 | But Harry spoke a bit the last time we went , he said So what hire a car . |
| 3 | Yanto went on to tell Billy about his experience the last time he had used Selwyn 's lavatory . |
| 4 | The breakwater had given the kids the precious time they needed . |
| 5 | In the year I had skippered Wavebreaker at least half of our married male charterers had either offered Ellen a job or pressed her to visit their offices the next time she passed through their city . |
| 6 | You know , Shelley , I suspected there was something between you and Rafaelo the first time I talked to him . |
| 7 | She hoped the police would give the two journalists the hard time they deserved . |
| 8 | The name of the local pub , Live and Let Live , seemed like a good omen the first time she drove past it . |
| 9 | IAN WRIGHT and Andy Gray hardly exchanged pleasantries the first time they met . |
| 10 | Dougal was so cold that he dropped the key the first time he put it in the lock . |
| 11 | ‘ The — er — Palmer & Pearson job , ’ she interrupted , only then realising that they had barely touched on work the whole time she 'd been with him . |
| 12 | You were no more than a boy the last time I saw you … twelve , thirteen at the most . |
| 13 | T. D. The first time I saw a football was when a caseball hit a horse in the face , and the horse reared up . |
| 14 | Annabel had said as much to Father Ross the last time he had come to tea , and Father Ross had looked at her sternly over his glasses , saying that if we all understood the way the Universe was run what would there be left for God to tell us on the Last Day . |
| 15 | ‘ I fell in love with this place the first time I saw it . |
| 16 | It was his soft eyes that had put her at ease the first time she met him , when she timidly knocked at his door just a few years ago , the evening when Fred employed a helper and found his future wife . |
| 17 | ‘ Unfortunately , it fell to pieces the third time I accessed it as a user ( no seams you see ) . |
| 18 | He did n't say anything of great consequence the last time I left him . |
| 19 | They said goodbye to each other and promised not to ignore each other the next time they met . |
| 20 | He took me out last Sunday and I said as we were driving over to Lavenham , I said an early would be much appreciated , I said I cooked the Sunday Lunch for my lodgers , but I have n't , in fact , had any myself he said you 've got to have a high tea , he said you must have a proper meal and he ordered up salad and a a ham salad and have this and have that and have the other , where as some of them like this chap Gerald who was erm sent me by one of the other agencies the first time we went out he took me to a meal and he obviously felt that quite enough , after that he used to come out to see me after he 'd had his meal meanness , hanging onto money ! |
| 21 | I do n't quite know what 's , what happened , because I remember very well amending these details the last time it came to policy and resources , and that was agreed , because the changes you have made use the working , wording of the Thamesdown scheme , it seems to me far better , erm , as you have moved it , because er , very many people who are elderly , who are sixty-nine years or more or less do n't need any supervision at all . |
| 22 | In the early days there was no cure and it killed AIDS patients the first time they got it . |
| 23 | ‘ You called me a dog the first time you saw me , ’ he said . |
| 24 | You know how pissed off Kolchinsky was when he got the bill the last time you did that . ’ |
| 25 | Then the mesh , she told Sally the next time she saw her , I 'm sorry I made that mistake about you having a sister she said to Sally , I 've written to tell mother you 've said you have n't one she must of been mistaken what your mother said . |
| 26 | of young smokers had been refused cigarettes by the supplier the last time they sought to buy them but that , in 1990 , the figure had risen to 15 per cent . |
| 27 | My jaw was on the carriage floor the first time I took the train to Mallaig . |
| 28 | Felt guilty as hell the first time I went on there ! |
| 29 | He 'd got your number the first time we met . |
| 30 | Also on Benn 's hit-list is old foe Iran Barkley , beaten in one round by the Dark Destroyer the last time they met . |