Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To those leaving we say thank you for your efforts during an especially difficult past two years and to those coming on board for the first time we wish you every success in the future . |
| 2 | As he pulled out of the pit lane for the first time she found it hard to keep her emotions second to her job . |
| 3 | The following version is useful to give children the opportunity to channel excess energy — everybody is in action for the whole time it is being played . |
| 4 | But it seemed Lucie had lost a lot of weight since the last time they had played it . |
| 5 | By some terrific fluke Richard came face to face with his future at the precise time he most needed to see it . |
| 6 | So I was probably enjoying British progressive rock at the same time I was listening to American jazz . ’ |
| 7 | At this rate she might as well give him a blow-by-blow description of the last time they had shared the bench , and save him the trouble of remembering . |
| 8 | When he 'd first arrived he had lived in a succession of bedsitting rooms on the west side , for which he had been charged extortionate rents by landlords who he never met ; the third night after coming to The Bar for the first time he had slept with someone who knew of someone who had a spare room at a much more reasonable price , and Boy had moved in . |
| 9 | It occurred to Thomas as he listened to her that Sara had not changed a whit in the whole time they had been married . |
| 10 | The military type shackles will fit your Land Rover and are probably best sourced from a Land Rover breaker as the last time we purchased new they were virtually impossible to obtain . |
| 11 | She moved away from him and went over to the couch she had taken her ease in the last time she 'd been in this room . |
| 12 | It 's all a far cry from the last time they were at Heathrow — that was in July when they returned to Russia after a three-month holiday in Worcestershire . |
| 13 | You can test this by turning the sound down the first time you look at the programme . |
| 14 | A good idea is to attach stickers announcing when the last change was made : otherwise , you can be running a clapped-out tube at the very time it 's most needed . |
| 15 | But again , if you , if you have a little skill and a little experience , you know how to put a story particularly with some visual appeal as opposed to just sound appeal , then there is , if you 're in the right place at the right time you can get in . |
| 16 | We lost one man from the ground crew during the whole time we were overseas . |
| 17 | And that , in spite of the short time we have known each other , would not be true … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I have n't spoken more than half a dozen words to your wife in the whole time you and I have been working together , ’ protested Matt . |
| 19 | Julia , who had come to understand a little of Allegra Wallington 's character in the short time they had spent together , was as anxious as David to prevent that happening . |
| 20 | caught on one and I want to ring out in the other at the same time I can use it . |
| 21 | The Youngest Son waited to greet us , and what a contrast from the last time I saw him . |
| 22 | We 've got an arrangement with the health authority about the maximum time we will take in assessing somebody for discharge from hospital . |
| 23 | One thing she 'd learned from Ace in the short time they 'd been together was to be quick on her feet . |
| 24 | I wanted to buy some blades and socks , but most of all I wanted to avoid arriving back at the flat at the exact time she did , just in case Harvey should be angry at her disobeying him . |
| 25 | That 's general policy at the present time it 's a fairly woolly objective that we did n't try at the review , but the traffic management facilities and provisions are observed |
| 26 | He caught sight of the woman at the same time she heard him . |
| 27 | In contrast to the last time she had spoken to him , his mood seem positively sunny . |
| 28 | ‘ Do you know that he also saved my life at the very time we met ? ’ |
| 29 | When you conduct a symphony for the first time you may fear a breakdown in every bar . |
| 30 | Soft muslin cloth for the odd time I do n't want the work to get too hot . |