Example sentences of "this time [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People are often complaining about the council but I think this time they deserve some praise . ’ |
| 2 | By 0900hrs the Japanese were back to raid other specified targets , this time they met some opposition in the air , several American fighters were now airborne but the pilots had no combat experience so the Japanese had the advantage . |
| 3 | The civil servants ( not often wrong , but this time they gave bad advice ) wanted to remove this long example from the body of the Report , and relegate it to an appendix , or , better still , cut it out completely . |
| 4 | For the first ten minutes of the second half , we started playing a bit ( but at this time we needed 4 goals to go thorough ) and Whelan scored after a good cross by Kelly . |
| 5 | It was still the strongest weapon in my armoury but this time I added two pounds of black treacle to the mixture . |
| 6 | He smiles with the familiar grin I know so well , but this time I see those eyes of loneliness , as if there 's something no-one could understand , hidden by his visage of cheerfulness . |
| 7 | Er and by this time you had several departments , machine departments you know , involved in the process . |
| 8 | Instead this time you place two cups face upwards and one face downwards . |
| 9 | In 792 the Saxons revolted yet again ; this time it took two years of campaigning to suppress the Eastphalians and Nordalbingians involved . |
| 10 | But this time it took fewer repeats before the horse calmed and stopped . |
| 11 | It had never hurt before in anything but high jump but this time it hurt long jumping . |
| 12 | This self-obsession , the looking inwards and away from the real world , represents a full circle turned in approximately twenty years , and this time it has official sanction and encouragement . |
| 13 | His previous home had been completely refurbished by interior designers , so this time he took great pleasure in creating his own individual style . |
| 14 | During this time he introduced cast-iron brake blocks of the type which later came into general use . |
| 15 | At least this time she had some help loading them into the van . |
| 16 | This time she made sure Maggie ate the meat and the pie herself , and forced her to drink a cupful of milk . |
| 17 | At this time there seems little chance of Nickie getting rehoused into her own flat , which is her main dream in life . |
| 18 | The celebrations of selflessness and sacrifice are much as they were in the wartime films , but this time there seems little point in asserting them , nothing to be argued for . |