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 ?
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