Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] time he [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Nathan pulled away for the second time he could hear Lumberjack in the kitchen , frantically sawing the legs off tables and chairs . |
| 2 | For the second time he should have said no , and for the second time he did n't . |
| 3 | No music and the bar 's only open for the minimum time he can get away with . |
| 4 | While feeling a little sad at leaving , Mr. Offer said that for the first time he would be looking forward to an extra hour in bed in the morning . |
| 5 | He began to sleep through the night , and became much less active — for the first time he could sit down and watch a television programme through to the end . |
| 6 | When the £5 million Juventus midfielder leads out England for the first time he will spare a thought for the man who captained England to 1966 World Cup glory , just 48 hours after Bobby Moore revealed that he was battling cancer . |
| 7 | It would give the American parent group a chance to examine his potential at close quarters and at the same time he would be able to undergo some training to prepare him for the more elevated positions he was destined to occupy in future . |
| 8 | Although he was a fully qualified pilot , he never to my knowledge ( certainly not whilst he was with No 7 Squadron ) was ever captain of an aircraft ; he had been second pilot , or flown as mid- upper , or rear gunner or had taken some other crew function , but at the same time he would be researching and demonstrating some aspect of a project that he was currently engaged with at the Institute . |
| 9 | At the same time he must go on reassuring other parties — some of whom bloody-mindedly reject negotiation — that their views will be heard . |
| 10 | The candidate must not be hidden in or by the crowd ; at the same time he must not appear too remote . |
| 11 | Many a reader of The Possessed will have smiled at Von Lemke 's paper cut-outs — the conductor waving his baton , the bustling railway porter , the hell-fire gesticulating preacher — and at the same time he will have wondered why the microcosmic animated toys feel so supremely right for this novel . |
| 12 | At the same time he will miss out on segments of the market which in mass production or distribution terms are not thought economic to supply . |
| 13 | If at the same time he can affiliate his mid-field to the aspirations of his grass-root defenders , then Falkirk can indeed become a powerful team . |
| 14 | At the same time he should check that he can reach the full rudder and stick movements without undue stretching , and that cushions or other objects are not limiting the movements of the controls . |
| 15 | At the same time he could be penetratingly serious ; but , above all , he was poignantly lovable . |
| 16 | He was very sorry , but at the same time he could not help feeling excited by the prospect of owning a new jacket . |
| 17 | But at the same time he could look like a fool , crooning ‘ Proud Mary ’ along with Snow White on Oscar night ; he thought he was just being a trouper . |
| 18 | At the same time he could be gentle with students ; a thoughtless question would be sympathetically answered . |