Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barely eighteen months ago after the last time , what are we doing ? |
| 2 | Eight days after knocking out Errol McDonald on a low-key bill at Bury , the 25-year-old Dudley boxer steps unexpectedly into the big time to take on experienced champion Donovan Boucher , of Canada . |
| 3 | We read our lines together for the first time — but never as we would do them on the actual recording . |
| 4 | He was n't very fond of the river Wye , for its rocky crevasses had claimed too many young lives even during the short time he had been there . |
| 5 | Ace had been giving her conflicting messages ever since the first time they 'd met again outside her bedroom door in France . |
| 6 | A warning was issued by the National Rivers Authority in Shrewsbury that the swollen River Severn was expected to burst its banks overnight for the second time in a week . |
| 7 | It yielded in turn to the peak or vernacular building , with a whole range of housing types carefully adapted to the varied needs and ambitions of their builders Probably for the first time , minor differentiations in social rank had a lasting impact on architectural development in Sussex . |
| 8 | Well , they each seem to do one thing well enough , but fail to realise that literature depends on doing several things well at the same time . |
| 9 | Since the female is only on heat for a few days and the males are often widely scattered , these scents are vital for bringing the sexes together at the right time . |
| 10 | An appeal has been launched for 1992 to raise a targeted £100,000 for youth cricket development , which will strengthen finances further at the same time as hopefully assuring a supply of talent for triumphs in the future . |
| 11 | The philosophy is devastatingly simple , Charlton recognising that he can not hope to improve players technically in the short time available to him before matches . |
| 12 | Women overtake men only in the part- time registrar posts . |
| 13 | Angrily , she pushed her thoughts away at the same time as she pushed her bowl and chopsticks away . |
| 14 | Our friendly policeman had gone but there were nurses there for the first time that I 'd seen , and even the odd doctor . |
| 15 | Females often produce it as a contact call for their cubs , particularly when they start going out on rambles together for the first time . |
| 16 | Although it is desirable to rotate horse paddocks and to have cows grazing them too , it is not always successful having horses and cows together at the same time . |