Example sentences of "[noun sg] the [adj] time [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did sting me a bit the first time I used it but has n't since . |
| 2 | But Harry spoke a bit the last time we went , he said So what hire a car . |
| 3 | Yanto went on to tell Billy about his experience the last time he had used Selwyn 's lavatory . |
| 4 | The name of the local pub , Live and Let Live , seemed like a good omen the first time she drove past it . |
| 5 | Dougal was so cold that he dropped the key the first time he put it in the lock . |
| 6 | ‘ The — er — Palmer & Pearson job , ’ she interrupted , only then realising that they had barely touched on work the whole time she 'd been with him . |
| 7 | You were no more than a boy the last time I saw you … twelve , thirteen at the most . |
| 8 | ‘ I fell in love with this place the first time I saw it . |
| 9 | It was his soft eyes that had put her at ease the first time she met him , when she timidly knocked at his door just a few years ago , the evening when Fred employed a helper and found his future wife . |
| 10 | He did n't say anything of great consequence the last time I left him . |
| 11 | They said goodbye to each other and promised not to ignore each other the next time they met . |
| 12 | ‘ You called me a dog the first time you saw me , ’ he said . |
| 13 | You know how pissed off Kolchinsky was when he got the bill the last time you did that . ’ |
| 14 | of young smokers had been refused cigarettes by the supplier the last time they sought to buy them but that , in 1990 , the figure had risen to 15 per cent . |
| 15 | My jaw was on the carriage floor the first time I took the train to Mallaig . |
| 16 | Felt guilty as hell the first time I went on there ! |
| 17 | He 'd got your number the first time we met . |
| 18 | Also on Benn 's hit-list is old foe Iran Barkley , beaten in one round by the Dark Destroyer the last time they met . |
| 19 | At Mauve 's studio the next time it came spilling out . |
| 20 | ‘ I set your name up on the account the first time we met . |
| 21 | The Sister Constance , who was the then the principal sister there she let us have the field so we got entertainment laid on we invited a celebrity , I think our first celebrity was erm I think it was Lord and Lady and then each time we had a different one , we had entertainment the whole time we started , about half past two and then we had entertainment until six then we had an interval then we had entertainment till twelve o'clock I even took my piano down onto the field so that we could have music . |
| 22 | From Desmond Morton 's point of view , Edward struck gold the first time he had a proper conversation with Frank Foley . |
| 23 | However , he said that he himself could not prescribe it , and it would all depend on the Christie consultant 's view the next time we saw him . |
| 24 | It was in fact the first time she had thought of such a thing , and it did not seem to be a very good idea , but nothing irritated her more than being addressed in that Listen With Mother voice ( particularly as her daughter-in-law spoke to her children quite normally ) and it goaded her to contrariness . |
| 25 | It had grown stale and ugly and he 'd left the Party the first time they sent the tanks in , but he did n't stop believing in the dream , the illusion , the myth , any more than he stopped believing in the Devil just because he did n't think there was a God . |