Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] be [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Summarising prospects for a US-Soviet summit , Baker said : " I think we are right where we were the last time . " |
| 2 | Although it was a difficult time for most people not everyone was distraught . |
| 3 | Mrs Bennett would have a fit if she knew Celia had gone up to Beckwith 's Folly , but it was n't the first time lately that she had been overwhelmed by the desire to escape , although it was the first time she had actually done anything about it . |
| 4 | It was a look she recognised instantly , although it was the first time she 'd seen it in the flesh . |
| 5 | He had keen eyes and quick hands , so it was a long time before he got caught . |
| 6 | The only cloud on the immediate horizon is raising a mortgage — especially if you are a first time buyer . |
| 7 | Lying on her bed , trying to read a book , she watched the time tick round until it was a reasonable time to get undressed and try to sleep . |
| 8 | When you meet somebody , especially if it is the first time of meeting , your senses are working flat out to process all the data . |
| 9 | Inevitably there is a certain amount of routine in everyone 's life and the person who lives alone also needs to establish some routine , no matter how tempting it may be to lead an unfettered existence , particularly if it is the first time you have lived on your own . |
| 10 | Thus , if it is the first time someone tells you a particular genre of joke , you may not know the appropriate type of response . |
| 11 | Erm , sir , I want to address the point , if it 's the right time about the level of housing provision the Greater York area in particular , erm that we 've seen round the table here that we have special circumstances applying to York , and to its surrounding area . |
| 12 | Sa oh well if it 's the same time , yeah i |
| 13 | You 've been driving me crazy , but now I 'm going to have your body , and if it 's the last time then so be it . ’ |
| 14 | Oh just until they were dry maybe if it was a grand time of wind , maybe say three days . |
| 15 | Oh the teachers were very good , they usually greeted you with a big plum or something , if it was the right time of the year , which it usually was . |
| 16 | I do not know if it was the first time since his appointment as executive chef at the Carlton Tower in 1968 , but I do know it was a rare occurrence to see him even emerge from his kitchen , let alone dine . |
| 17 | ‘ We would sink into each other as if it was the last time . |
| 18 | I remember saying this was a bit leisurely , was n't it , but there was some apparently reasonable explanation , like no one gave any notice that they were going to die and the partnership could be a bit pushed to produce the cash if it was the wrong time of year . |
| 19 | I do n't know because I mean a couple of people have changed cos it 's the only time that they can have it . |
| 20 | The er secretary went because he was a full time official . |
| 21 | While this as such simply acknowledges the situation as it is and is followed by a far longer passage relating to the benefits of celibacy for the Western rite , it remains a highly important text because it is the first time a Roman Council or any major Roman document has explicitly accepted and recommended the uniting of priesthood and marriage in a single life . |
| 22 | Because it 's a long time since I felt like this , as good as I do now . |
| 23 | Erm I mean he it sort of went through our staff inspector wise and er Paul was sort of chatting , and he was n't being unkind he said yes , they 'll be dinosaurs because it 's a long time since you 've had er any training like that . |
| 24 | Ma maybe twenty nine , even thirty , depending , but if it er , mind you I do n't know , because it 's a long time since I had a look at 'em . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's something I 'd like very much , and it 's also special because it 's the first time you 've invited me home . |
| 26 | Technically it 's not a marginal because it 's the first time it 's been fought . |
| 27 | Mine is not an isolated instance , it just happens to be the most famous , because it 's the first time such persecution has been exported to a western country . |
| 28 | The coffin was carried on a horse-drawn cart because it was a long time before a motor hearse became available . |
| 29 | They sat together , in the small-sized chairs brought up by Balor , and ate their breakfasts and told one another was n't this the finest meal ever and would they all look at the roasting oxen , because it was a long time , well it was years , really , since any of them had seen such a sight . |
| 30 | Maybe it was because it was a first time and she was n't going to be a good mother , like some humans . |