Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | As some debates may not last the full time allotted to them , it is the responsibility of hon. Members to keep in touch with developments if they are not to miss their turn . |
| 2 | No half day Saturdays , half day Saturdays , yes and then er I , I used to stay waiting for mother to come and my sister er to do the shopping in Willenhall cos they would n't shop anywhere else , and then erm my brother used to come with his cycle and er I used to carry a lot of the shopping back and my brother used to push a lot on his , on his cycle and mother and my sister used to stay down and have another walk around , but we 'd got to walk it back I 'd come back on the wagonette so or just after the buses started but er I 'll never forget the first time the bus ran it was pouring with rain and my sister was standing in front of me and she 'd got a new mac on and of course we were getting very wet and there was a scramble to get on the bus and the lady in front of her had got a bag of flour and of course the bag burst and went all down her |
| 3 | They 'd probably spend the entire time at one another 's throats ! |
| 4 | ‘ If DJs gave either side enough spins and all curry eaters bought it , I believe I could really hit the big time , ’ said Peter , who lives in Bargoed , Mid-Glamorgan . |
| 5 | I could n't remember the last time he 'd shown me so much affection . |
| 6 | Transfer-listed Davenport could n't remember the last time he 'd played alongside deadly Don in the league . |
| 7 | It tasted dry , like pasteboard , but it was food and I could n't remember the last time I had eaten . |
| 8 | Blake could n't remember the last time he had sat down . |
| 9 | She could n't remember the last time that she 'd invited a man into her home , and now it made her feel uneasy to watch Luke Calder inspecting all these snippets of her life . |
| 10 | Well as usual we could n't remember the last time you came , I was trying to think the last time |
| 11 | This suggests that early surgery would substantially reduce the overall time with fluid . |
| 12 | I do n't know how much of it I remembered , cos I 've seen it so often now , mm , ca n't remember the first time I saw it Did n't know . |
| 13 | ‘ From having literally dozens of fractures she progressed so much I ca n't remember the last time she had one . ’ |
| 14 | I ca n't remember the last time I enjoyed myself as much . |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't remember the last time I had a holiday although I go abroad to work . |
| 16 | In fact I ca n't remember the last time . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't remember the last time I jumped that sort of height but today 's performance does n't concern me . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't remember the last time I enjoyed racing like that , ’ a jubilant Mansell told reporters . |
| 19 | that 's what I said to Ron , I mean I 've never known I ca n't remember the last time I when I used to work for Colin for ten years trying to get a holiday out of Colin was like trying to get blood ! |
| 20 | I ca n't remember the last time I can I ? |
| 21 | Erm when we were telephoned at home and called out to report to Police Station erm I ca n't remember the exact time that we got to Police Station and it would have been er somewhere in the region of four o'clock in the morning . |
| 22 | She would never forget the first time , balanced high on the steep roof of the house , huddled from the wind against the chimney-stack , Fenna 's great shadow hovering over her , although Fenna had surely not been so hugely vast then as he was now , his shadow had not obliterated the stars , threatening their very existence . |
| 23 | A search will therefore take the minimum time shown in Fig. 7.2 . |
| 24 | And he wo n't miss the second time . |
| 25 | I was suffering from a cold , the first for years — in fact I can not recall the last time I had a cold — and because the weather was nice the village was extremely busy with tourists and lots of traffic and people knocking on my door . |
| 26 | We can not pinpoint the exact time that property passes without first classifying the contract . |
| 27 | ‘ I can not remember the last time I had a proper meal without having a nice drop of wine to go with it . |
| 28 | But I really can not remember the last time I went out and bought something new from a retailer — other than test kits and silicon sealant . |
| 29 | I can hardly remember the first time I felt that we loved each other . |