Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 'd be easier if we met my troops for the first time at the concert , ’ he said . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I washed my billycans for the first time since Reggane , and cleaned the kit and groundsheet with disinfectant . |
| 4 | This is a game I invented to allow me to get some exercise and amuse my children at the same time . |
| 5 | You have n't been out of my thoughts since the last time we made love . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He managed to convey some contempt for the TAS and its operations at the same time . |
| 12 | When the indicator board clacked out the information BAGGAGE IN HALL against their flight , a circle of bell-ringers in my stomach all heaved on their ropes at the same time , and the terrible clangour they set off in my skull could only be stilled by a couple of stiff ones at the bar . |
| 13 | In every production there comes an awkward jerky stage when the cast abandon their books for the first time , but for The Hooded Owl it seemed to be going on longer than usual . |
| 14 | Like Hornblower , whose temperament was delighting readers with its contradictions at the same time as that of the Quinn adventures , Septimus has adopted certain measures of what could be called self-defence . |
| 15 | The Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge asked him to report on the work of its schools at the same time . |
| 16 | The Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge asked him to report on the work of its schools at the same time . |
| 17 | Nicandra shrank away — she was not at all courageous about horses , especially when they were fidgeting threateningly and blowing out through their noses at the same time . |
| 18 | Instead , the revamp has brought glassy-eyed , barely post-pubescent new presenters , who can grin , nod and say their lines at the same time . |
| 19 | For many , the thought of leaving their parents for the first time left them subdued . |
| 20 | The almost wordless scene in which Ma Joad , packing her belongings for the last time , comes across a pair of old earrings and tries them on , recalling some long forgotten happiness , is as touching as anything he ever directed . |
| 21 | To make the country even more civilized the railways were embarking on building great hotels by their stations for the first time . |
| 22 | To keep market share , IBM has just cut prices on its PCs for the third time this year . |
| 23 | In the Third World new nations were flexing their muscles for the first time . |
| 24 | This second misfortune seemed to revive her memories of the earlier time when she had been carrying his child and had been given to understand that her husband had been simultaneously carrying on an affair with some young army chauffeuse . |
| 25 | This catfish exhibits an usual form of ‘ parental care ’ , not dissimilar to that of the cuckoo — which is infamous for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds and leaving them to be hatched and raised by the involuntary ‘ foster-parents ’ In the case of Synodontis multipunctatus , it swims in and out among mouth-brooding cichlids which are in the throes of spawning and releases its eggs at the same time as the cichlid , whose eggs it often devours . |
| 26 | ENGLAND 'S Colts emulated their seniors for the first time in three seasons at the Parc de Pugh in Brecon by toppling the Welsh Youth in no uncertain fashion . |
| 27 | Finally , I hope that the hon. Gentleman will remind his colleagues in the shadow Cabinet , including the shadow Chancellor , that they should not advocate major road projects in their constituencies at the same time as the Labour party seeks to impede progress elsewhere in the country . |
| 28 | Rule 2 permits a litigant to apply to the court in an action against a firm for an order that full disclosure be made as to the identity and residence of its partners at the relevant time . |
| 29 | The fact that the Institute was setting down its objectives for the first time was seen as ‘ a move in the right direction ’ . |
| 30 | She made her way to the second floor , her frown deepening as she looked about her , properly taking in her surroundings for the first time . |