Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [noun] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Keep listening until you are sure that you will recognise the sounds the next time you hear them , then withdraw the spade and push it back into the ground some feet away .
2 The defence is solid … remember we were playing Wimbledon … the last thing they do is give the defence an easy time — I thought they coped well and limited Wimbledon to a few shot from the edge of the box — which beeney coped with admirably .
3 I 'm gon na give the shepherd a rough time of it !
4 " No , no , I wo n't risk the crossing a second time . "
5 Any discomfort as a result of this will be mentally connected with pain and it will take the horse a long time to forget both physically and mentally .
6 Er yeah , it 's gon na take the staff a long time to know all the names
7 Now , I says I 'll get the police the next time !
8 Quite clearly you ca n't roll the dice the first time you win .
9 If , therefore , the pointer reads " here " and we blink our eyes and look at it again we shall certainly find the pointer the second time still stolidly sitting at the mark " here " .
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