Example sentences of "[coord] the [adj] time [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike the way he had spoken to her earlier , or the previous time they had met . |
| 2 | He thought of Claire Fraser , and the first time they had met , at Brandon Manor in the heart of the Cotswolds . |
| 3 | It was August now , and the first time they had gone on holiday without him . |
| 4 | ‘ Ely , ’ I said ( that was her name and the first time I 'd ever used it ) , ‘ I want to be free . ’ |
| 5 | This was the plan I laid down , and the first time I had occasion to try it in practice was the Summer before the last [ 1774 ] & I then did it in the case of a Lady and in the hottest weather : the next Body I tried these experiments upon was Jan y . |
| 6 | It was the first time the Communicator of the Year presentation had left London and the first time it had been staged as part of the annual convention . |
| 7 | It will be the first time the programme has ever been done outside London , and the first time it has been done in front of an audience . |
| 8 | and the second time she had it done it was very unfortunate because I |
| 9 | He had been twice into Ruane 's office , and the first time the block had been polite , and the second time he had been told rather less politely to sit on his hands and wait , like everybody else had to . |
| 10 | ‘ And the first time we performed it was a screamer , Miss Greene — what doom … and the second time I had not learned my part , not at all , and they said , ‘ If you are going to corpse continually … ’ ’ |
| 11 | Now I in terms of the fine letter of P P G twelve erm erm er that is not entirely consistent , but looking at the special circumstances of Greater York , erm erm and the long time you 've spent on this , trying to reassure the public that we will do this properly , we think it 's the best way to proceed . |
| 12 | The rest of the family was in the sitting-room and the last time she had looked in they were eating chocolates and sorting through a pile of videos . |
| 13 | I knew an empty beer keg when I was tied to one , and the last time I 'd seen that particular one there had been a young punk called Emma sitting on it nostrilling certain noxious and probably illegal substances . |
| 14 | His kiss had thrilled and excited her , and the brief time she had spent in his arms had only increased her desire , leaving her aching to know him better . |
| 15 | No , I 'm ashamed to say it but the only time I 've seen Leeds away was the charity shield at wembley . |
| 16 | But the first time she 'd spoken to Colin he 'd told her there was a hi-tech at the manufacturer 's end , and the second time the shop had been closed . |
| 17 | But the third time they had turned it up so it kept on going big waves so I I missed the steps so the erm one of the lifeguards |
| 18 | Twice he had let her come up for air , so that it would take longer , but the third time he had held her under until she was finished . |
| 19 | I could n't find out much that morning , but the next time I had a chance , I did . |
| 20 | He probably had the telly on so perhaps I just did n't but the last time they had er a siren on it was n't all that load I thought . |
| 21 | But the last time he had been in the headlines , people had known him by a different name — Chris Bott . |