Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] the [adj] time he " in BNC.
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1 | Algy used up his measure of luck , I was then given a super navigator with only the sharpest of pencils and the instinct of a homing pigeon who took me through my tour ; he perished the first time he New without me after I was hijacked to Bennett 's staff . |
2 | He recalled the first time he had seen the impressive building as a schoolboy on a day 's outing to see the sights of London . |
3 | He remembered the first time he had come there , his first coveted invitation to the home of one of the richest men in West Germany . |
4 | As he walked behind the lawnmower he did n't care for , he remembered the first time he 'd ever seen her . |
5 | He remembered the last time he had been in this situation . |
6 | He remembered the last time he had seen his father — Dermot Corcoran , he corrected himself — alive . |
7 | He remembered the last time he had been to see the dentist . |
8 | With a pang , he remembered the last time he had eaten fish and chips , the time he had met Irene Pitt . |
9 | He had spoken the compliment as though he really meant it , just as he had the first time he 'd said it . |