Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 No , we both like pizzas , but to dream about them at the same time , and he 's screaming out in his sleep , get me a pizza
2 The issue , the point I 'm trying to make is that in talking for all of the bodies , whether I 'm talking about for the council or whether I 'm talking about them at the same time or separately , one thing I 'm not doing is talking from my point of view .
3 ‘ After the defeat at Bramall Lane they had the biggest hammering they 've had off me for a long time .
4 Brussels sprouts , baked potatoes , grated cheese , the variation of vegetables in the summer , a tin of vegetarian steak pudding on Sundays and a piece of fruit afterwards is a monotonous but healthy diet , and I ca n't think of many cheaper ways to feed two children and feel you 're doing your best for them at the same time .
5 ‘ She has worked for me for a long time .
6 I 've been after them for a long time and I 'll get them for this . ’
7 But I think there 's also the other end of the scale which is , which is what , you 've slightly amended this year , is the fact of elderly people erm , I know recently that myself have gone through the fact of my gran had er , was going through a very sick period , and if she 'd have come back home , it would have been very difficult for me to have had to look after her at the same time as trying to attend my council duties , and this would have been the same for my dad , and the additional income which this would have brought , to have paid someone to be able to look after her whilst we were at council meetings , and you can remember that these meetings sometimes go on , you can say well , this meeting should be over by one o'clock then it goes on till three o'clock or whatever , and then peop , the problems mount up for that person left on their own , and I think that those things have to be taken into consideration , and I believe that this is the first step forward in trying to recognise that people have responsibilities outside of the council chamber .
8 I remember at the time Wilko saying how he though Kerslake was an excellent buy , and how he 'd been after him for a long time .
9 I did the business with my camera , now there was plenty of light with the barn doors open , and was in the process of replacing the tarpaulin when the alarm bells went off and scared the hell out of me for the second time in five minutes .
10 As the white cliffs of Dover receded and the coast of France drew near , the inimitable excitement of ‘ abroad ’ took hold of me for the first time — the only really positive emotion I had felt for twenty-six months .
11 His real advantage comes from being proficient in all of them at the same time , and this is a much rarer ability .
12 I said if yo if you think you know that you might be able to build a relationship I said then er you know , tell her so I said and do n't try and run the both of them at the same time I said
13 I have n't seen one of them for a long time
14 ‘ I have n't done any of them for a long time .
15 I have n't had one of them for a long time .
16 Could do with one of them for a long time , could n't I ?
17 Even more interestingly , I understand that even some of Mrs Thatcher 's friends share this opinion and are proposing — some of them for the first time in their lives — not to vote for the Tories .
18 Seventy boys and girls from U6 to U14 played rugby — most of them for the first time ever .
19 According to forecasts no less than 2 million people will visit Seville in the six months of Expo , many of them for the first time .
20 Any major phases or colonisation are as likely to have taken place in the seventh , eighth or ninth centuries , as Peter Sawyer has suggested , and therefore to be undocumented , as they are to have happened in the thirteenth century , when we hear of them for the first time from surviving records .
21 ‘ Millions of people travel to the region every year many of them for the first time and we want to make sure that the lasting impression they take with them is a good one . ’
22 ‘ Millions of people travel to the region every year , many of them for the first time , and we want to make sure the lasting impression they take with them is a good one . ’
23 ‘ WHIT 'S yer name hen ? ’ the drunk and dishevelled man on the train asked the woman opposite him for the fourth time in a very loud voice .
24 Madame 's eyes seemed to look past her into a different time .
25 She held her breath for a moment and then the tears and the breath burst out of her at the same time .
26 What actually happened was my a friend of mine or really was a friend of mine for a short time , he he was in the company when I joined , and er after two months he told me he was leaving .
27 Likely any car would have traces of it for a long time .
28 THESE FOUR boxes of action highlights from Pickwick enable the devout to exhume the 1992 World Cup , feeling it again as if they were in attendance in Australasia once more or seeing much of it for the first time if sleep and work schedules got in the way during those 33 hectic days and nights .
29 ‘ But Oliver , ’ I said , trying to make some sense of the story , and also trying to make a bit of a joke of it at the same time , ‘ Is n't it traditional to give flowers to a girl when you arrive rather than after you 've left ? ’
30 I have been a fan of hers for a long time and it is wonderful to see that she is now achieving the status and success that she deserves .
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