Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Well I actually rang them up to say , why why are you taking my wages into consideration , I did n't break up this marriage , I met him a long time afterwards an I was told by a C S A agent or clerk or whatever , that my wedding was nonessential spending . |
2 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
3 | ‘ You still believe I rejected you the first time , do n't you ? ’ |
4 | I hated it the first time . |
5 | when I visit him a second time he did n't turn up at all |
6 | ‘ Child , I tell you a hundred times and you do n't hear me yet . |
7 | I heard him a few times , he was very very entertaining , very entertaining , nice bloke really . |
8 | ‘ I heard you the first time , boy . ’ |
9 | ‘ I heard you the first time , ’ her mother said . |
10 | ‘ Yes , I heard you the first time . |
11 | I used to think it bad enough parting from you , but now I feel it a hundred times worse . |
12 | What do I tell him the next time he asks |
13 | I saw him a few times more , but never alone , I wrote him two letters when I was in Spain , and he sent a postcard back . |
14 | I saw him a few times more after that , in the months that followed , coming slowly up the lane from the station , as Millie and I stood at the gate . |
15 | Nina knows about the lymphoma ; I had to cancel a prearranged lunch at Langans with her as it coincided with my short stay in hospital , and rather than make up an excuse I thought it an opportune time to tell her . |
16 | Often he was right , often I gave him a bad time for sticking his nose in . |
17 | Big overlap on , especially on stuff like this about the dynamics erm do n't forget that sort of first sheet I gave you a long time ago about |
18 | ‘ The map I gave you the last time . ’ |
19 | It would n't come across as very credible if I trusted you a third time . |
20 | ‘ I forgave you a long time ago . ’ |
21 | I missed it the last time round . ’ |
22 | She looked at Gay , who was an only child too , but who had nobody to give her a good time , and then her glance travelled to Breeze , who had just admitted in her light-hearted fashion that she had no idea of what the future would hold for her . |
23 | Which makes it an apposite time for the Science Museum to open a new £1.2m permanent Gallery , Food For Thought , to ‘ explain the impact of science and technology on today 's food ’ . |
24 | Could she survive it a second time ? |
25 | ‘ Did she give you a hard time ? ’ |
26 | The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer . |
27 | She closed the lid ; when the catch failed to operate , she slammed it a second time with a violence that made several of the slumberers lift their heads . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | So , ‘ Goodnight , ’ she bade him a second time , her goodnight this time , however , sounding husky and hasty as she started to hurry back to her room . |
30 | Is she giving them a hard time ? |