Example sentences of "[pos pn] [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 washed my billycans for the first time since Reggane , and cleaned the kit and groundsheet with disinfectant . |
| 12 | 1869 ] and finish my doctorate at the same time . " |
| 13 | ‘ Do you know that he also saved my life at the very time we met ? ’ |
| 14 | This is a game I invented to allow me to get some exercise and amuse my children at the same time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | You have n't been out of my thoughts since the last time we made love . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Sheldukher stared down at her suddenly , as if registering her presence for the first time . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She looked at her watch for the fourth time in two minutes . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | She had lain in her child 's bed and become aware of the reality of her heart for the first time as its beat quickened in response to the sparrow 's wild meanderings . |