Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 2 | Miguel must have rung the policía , because their car drew up at the same time as Miguel 's jeep . |
| 3 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |
| 4 | The most surprising observation is that the spring bloom occurred almost at the same time in the Tromsø area and at Spitzbergen , approximately 10° further north . |
| 5 | Adomnan recalls in his biography of Columba , written a century after the saint 's death , that one day the monks became aware of a strange presence in one of their pastures ; this experience occurred again at the same time every evening . |
| 6 | The incidence of bridal pregnancy and bastardy rose significantly at the same time . |
| 7 | I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me . |
| 8 | As the curtain came down for the fourth time the ‘ helpers ’ all gave a huge sigh and reverted back to responsible adults ! |
| 9 | It was on this trip that a remarkable partnership came together for the first time . |
| 10 | Four of the five protagonists of this story — Greco-Macedonians , Romans , Jews and Celts — came together for the first time in the Hellenistic period . |
| 11 | You saw in fact the lady as you came in about the same time as you came in who does that . |
| 12 | But Anna did not talk to him , because Sarah came in at the same time . |
| 13 | When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss . |
| 14 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 15 | Susan came downstairs for the first time on Christmas Eve , and was genuinely delighted to see how pretty Breeze had made the sombre old dining-room . |
| 16 | Professor Connor , in a fascinating paper on computers in classical studies , claims that computers came just at the wrong time , at a time when scholar 's interests were moving from textual studies to critical theory , women 's studies and the like . |
| 17 | Er , the figures in paragraph five are shown there , but we had a recognition of that additional duty , and a variety of other minor changes which I wo n't go into this morning , that came through at the same time . |
| 18 | I expect I woke up at the wrong time . |
| 19 | At about this time , the BBC offered him a World Service job based in London and , at the age of 30 , he came here for the first time . |
| 20 | If it is obvious that US policy towards Indo-China could not be considered in isolation from its policy towards the rest of Asia , it is even more obvious that the integration of US policy for Vietnam came about at the same time as the disintegration of its policy towards China : the most traumatic episode in US power-war policies in Asia , at least until the outbreak of the Korean war . |
| 21 | So we came about for the last time , since we were now south of the entrance , and motorsailed north , a little further off , to give the rock a good clearance . |
| 22 | She came across for the first time today , I was out egg yard getting some eggs |
| 23 | And another good old word is the crome , now er that was one I came across for the first time when I came into Suffolk , the crome . |
| 24 | It so happened that on one of these Sundays my CO strolled by at the same time , and the AOC asked him why he had not seen Mahaddie for a pilot 's course . |
| 25 | The 12 governors met yesterday for the third time in a week at Bush House , in London . |
| 26 | On Oct. 25-27 the African National Congress ( ANC ) and the Pan-Africanist Congress ( PAC — which had split from the ANC in 1959 — see p. 17449 ) , acted together for the first time since 1960 to become part of the Patriotic Front , an initiative launched to create a united front in negotiations with the Pretoria government . |
| 27 | It was The Association of Women Artists and Friends of Art in Berlin , an association of women artists , who banded together for the first time on 13 January , 1867 , to overcome some of the structural obstacles to women artists . |
| 28 | The election arrived just at the right time . |
| 29 | Late in March Mahmoud showed up for the first time since the Yanks had moved out . |
| 30 | I arrived there at the due time and waited and waited , but no corporal appeared . |