Example sentences of "the [adj] times [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do , I hope but we appreciated Claire and Steven had her more than we had , but you know , we 've had the odd times we 've virtually been across there a month or something like , but but when you have a position where you have five |
| 2 | The extent of their happiness as they read and wrote , and walked the Dorset lanes , was in proportion to the unsettled times they had often known until then . |
| 3 | ‘ In the old times we hijras used to be like your zero zero seven . |
| 4 | ( One of the few times we missed out was with a 200lb sturgeon caught in the North Sea . |
| 5 | It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level . |
| 6 | One of the few times you will find big bream in waters which do not match up to the points I have mentioned is when they are the result of a recent stocking operation . |
| 7 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
| 8 | ‘ As I told you , I did n't go out much when I worked in London , but I 've got a silk dress which I wore on the few times I went to the opera . |
| 9 | You might , for example , inquire after Richard Dunwoody , whose Becher 's Brook fall on the much-fancied Brown Windsor was just one of the six times he hit the ground during the three-day meeting . |
| 10 | She had looked deep into his black eyes ; for six weeks she had enjoyed , in the brief times they had spent together , the happiest and most carefree days of her life , surreptitiously stolen , with the help of a willing friend , from her guarded life , the life of a rich heiress . |
| 11 | She said , ‘ I was born in Upper Pitt Street and I remember the hard times we had . ’ |
| 12 | At the worst times she refused to leave her armchair in the lounge all day and occasionally overnight , saying she was too frightened to go to bed or to the bathroom . |
| 13 | The worst times I 've ever endured were with a tax-dodger in Castletown . |
| 14 | And with the kiss came a sudden rush of memories ; not of the arguments , the long silences , the hurtful remarks , but of the good times they had had together . |
| 15 | your partner tells you about the good times he/she had before meeting you |
| 16 | I do n't recall the good times I 've had at Wembley with anything like the same frequency — not just because there have n't been as many of them ( my personal Wembley record is played ten , won two , lost eight ) , but because when you support a football team , misery is the only currency that can purchase real ecstasy . |
| 17 | In this situation , it is often useful to look back at the good things you have achieved and the good times you 've enjoyed in the past . |
| 18 | Remember all the good times you shared . ’ |
| 19 | It was depressing looking through her clothes , and remembering the good times she had spent wearing some of these dresses and blouses . |
| 20 | I blush in light of the many times we have floundered recently , not to mention my straying . |
| 21 | Constance remembered the many times she had seen her mother and him alone together either in the village street or at home ; she had been uneasily aware of their absorption in each other . |
| 22 | I had a long chat with during the trip when , amongst other topics , we recalled the days of the agricultural show season and some of the hectic times we had , especially at the Norfolk and Suffolk shows . |
| 23 | The more times we successfully complete a manoeuvre , the more opportunity we are giving the mind to reproduce the same movements . |
| 24 | Just dial any of the above numbers , the more times you enter the better chance of winning ! ! |
| 25 | She picked up another letter , and again read aloud : ‘ I think of you often and of the happy times we had at The Hall , and they were happy times . |
| 26 | She talked to friends , not only about the happy times they 'd had together but the inevitable disappointments . |
| 27 | She remembered the laughter and the happy times they had enjoyed in her father 's cottage , where ‘ meat once a week ’ would have been luxury indeed . |
| 28 | As we drank our wine , Pumblechook reminded me of the happy times he and I had spent together during my childhood . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I know that 's the visiting times you 're allowed to be down there |