Example sentences of "time he [vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George Hurst , the son of a curate , was born in 1800 and was apprenticed to a silk mercer at the age of 13 , at the end of which time he applied himself to an energetic programme of self-improvement and became a schoolteacher . |
| 2 | He liked that contempt , that resentment ; the first time he saw it in the boy 's face he knew it reminded him of something , but it was weeks before it came to him what it was . |
| 3 | ‘ When I was ten , my Dad bought me a guitar for Christmas , which I 'd asked for , but at the same time he enrolled me at the local golf club ! |
| 4 | This time he kissed her on the lips . |
| 5 | Miranda sat in her room feeling thoroughly miserable , and going back over and over again in her head every single significant thing that Miles had said or done since that first time he kissed her on the Promenade . |
| 6 | He was so funny and entertaining — and made her laugh and smile so much — that by the time he led her from the dance-floor , to fill their plates from the groaning buffet table , she felt far more relaxed and at ease . |
| 7 | She would remind Froggy of it the next time he ragged her for a noodle . |
| 8 | Nothing is known of Hotham 's early years , but at some time he established himself as a hatter and hosier in Serle Street , Lincoln 's Inn , London , and later ( c .1752 ) in the Strand , advertising his wares by circulating copper tokens in London and the provinces . |
| 9 | Dalgliesh felt that it was time he contributed something to the speculation . |
| 10 | Dougal was so cold that he dropped the key the first time he put it in the lock . |
| 11 | During this time he introduced himself to the Governor of New South Wales , who received me most kindly and offered me every assistance ’ , and paid his respects to Captain Philip Parker King , who had commanded his expedition with Lady Franklin to Recherche Bay the previous December , and who was now resident in Sydney as Port Officer and Superintendent of Government Vessels . |
| 12 | The tuition he received gave Mendoros a profound respect for GE , but at the same time he learned something about the limitations of giant companies . |
| 13 | For a time he lost himself in the game , his whole self gathered up into the shapes the stones made on the board , until it seemed the board was the great Tao and he the stones . |