Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was taken from the cellar in Beirut and enjoyed the warmth of the sun on my skin for the first time in a thousand days . |
| 2 | Dacourt looked at me under lowered brows as if recognising my existence for the first time . |
| 3 | Disillusion me and get my sympathy at the same time . |
| 4 | How many responsibilities of a disparate nature did I have to hold in my mind at the same time ? |
| 5 | I could n't do anything about Nassim 's cousin being in Pakistan , I reasoned as I rinsed my mouth for the hundredth time . |
| 6 | After putting up the tent , I sat outside , took the bandage off my shin for the last time , and undressed , before washing myself with a mug of water . |
| 7 | It 'd be easier if we met my troops for the first time at the concert , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 9 | This being that you cut off my head at the same time . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride . |
| 11 | I found myself gazing at the harmonium and my memories of the happy times I 'd spent listening to Miss Louise play came flooding back and I wept more . |
| 12 | I washed my billycans for the first time since Reggane , and cleaned the kit and groundsheet with disinfectant . |
| 13 | 1869 ] and finish my doctorate at the same time . " |
| 14 | ‘ Do you know that he also saved my life at the very time we met ? ’ |
| 15 | This is a game I invented to allow me to get some exercise and amuse my children at the same time . |
| 16 | It was on that occasion — in the strangely bare study of Darlington Hall — that Mr Farraday shook my hand for the first time , but by then we were hardly strangers to each other ; quite aside from the matter of the staff , my new employer in several other instances had had occasion to call upon such qualities as it may be my good fortune to possess and found them to be , I would venture , dependable . |
| 17 | One Sunday morning , about a week after I had seen my dad for the second time , I was lying in bed when I heard voices in the street below . |
| 18 | You have n't been out of my thoughts since the last time we made love . |
| 19 | That 's how I got interested in the sport : I read about the first black champion , Jack Johnson and it created my interest for the first time . |
| 20 | I think the government should slow down on all its activities at the present time and concentrate on getting the economy right , and everything else put on the back burner . |
| 21 | Some similar process in Ursula presumably explained her willingness for the first time to discuss arrangements for the funeral , which they agreed should be held as soon as possible . |
| 22 | ‘ If we discover the SDLP and Alliance Party requested their meetings at the same time or later , there will be one major political row , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Such are the rigours of their adulthood ( working in bons , never eating till 11pm ) that many Hoorays remember their schooldays as the happiest time of their lives ; their schoolfriends are those they feel most at ease with , even if at the time they could n't stand them . |
| 24 | The trend towards milder winters is beginning to concern horticulturists. many trees need lengthy cold spells if they are to open their buds at the right time in spring , and research on the Continent confirms that apple trees will be confused by the changing climate . |
| 25 | Sheldukher stared down at her suddenly , as if registering her presence for the first time . |
| 26 | Belinda Jones , ’ the owner of the name said simply , and waited while Dr Russell 's sister seemed to fully take in her presence for the first time . |
| 27 | She looked at her watch for the fourth time in two minutes . |
| 28 | It would be really rather nice , she thought as she picked up her cases for the fiftieth time that day , if they could all stay together , though it was hardly likely . |
| 29 | UN nuclear weapons expert Maurizio Zeffirero declared on Dec. 8 , following an inspection visit to Iraq , that the government had expressed its willingness for the first time to open discussions regarding foreign suppliers of its nuclear weapons programme . |
| 30 | After the punchline had been delivered and the ensuing laughter had died away , the blonde swayed away from the bar and looked in their direction for the first time . |