Example sentences of "time [pron] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 I mean , I 'd had the feeling before , a bit , the first couple of times I went up on the End , it was that much closer to the spindle .
2 A few times I sat down in the kitchen and almost told mum but changed my mind .
3 This would enable readers to identify outhoused books , and to submit requests for them at times which tie in with the scheduled delivery service .
4 Erm , although I think we will say that that would be dangerous thing to do and that we should continue to work upon the er the assumption that there erm er overall as a n , a nine percent increase , but , that seems highly unlikely that will succeed , erm What I 've then done is take account of the various staffing changes that there have been during the year , both short term and long term , erm , and you 'll see that produces a figure actually available to us this year of twenty seven thousand five hundred and eighty eight investigative hours , erm which is slightly less than we had last year , er but erm almost not significantly so , erm and it seemed to me therefore that if we were n't trying to reduce times , er , if we were saying that we would turn in times at the end of this year which were the same as the term times we turned in at the end of last year we could probably achieve that without any further recruitment .
5 Several times he went back to the spot where he had hidden the sack as though unable to believe it had gone .
6 I could relive it every time I came in through the front door .
7 By the time I came back with the camera it would be almost a beaten track .
8 I remember the time I came out of the engineering shack and walked over to the gas tank er trucks and , which was on , used by hardstand number two .
9 No , I mean , last time I went out would be erm well I 've been out in the afternoon a few times , with my boyfriend , but , the last time I went out in the evening
10 I hung in there another year shredding a few more files saying maybe it was time I went back to the law and when I got this offer …
11 Each time I come out of the onto I 'm impressed by the fact that the snow has been much more pronounced on our side of the road than on the other , which has cleared much more quickly .
12 It was the first and only time I walked over to the pavillon , knocked on the door and entered alone .
13 Anyway , we 've finished all we can eat of this Cambozola , and the wine bottle is only good for sticking candles in , and we are still sitting on the carpet lit by one small lamp somewhere over in the corner , and she keeps filling in the pauses by staring into my eyes as if she 's checking I do n't wear false eyelashes , and I start to think it 's about time I got up off the floor .
14 Then after a long time I got up with the help of a friend .
15 This time I got out of the car and felt my stomach heave again .
16 By the time I got back to the hospital , I 'd missed the doctors ' rounds .
17 By the time I got back to the office it was almost six-thirty .
18 Well I thought it was when I went out and exercised the dog before lunch , I went up to Jubilee Park and eh , I had a very brisk walk indeed and I was absolutely lathered by the time I got back to the car , after half an hour .
19 I was absolutely steaming by the time I got back to the car .
20 Every time I go out in the rain or down a flooded road , the front carpets get soaked .
21 The only thing they do n't ask is what time I get up in the morning and what time I go to bed at night .
22 And by the time I get back to the house I expect you to be gone . ’
23 Each corner contained a runner of sorts , which increased the rope drag , so that by the time I peeped round into the main central corner that was clearly the key to the route , the drag was very serious .
24 For a long time I sat out on the crumbling turf , with the blue distances below , and warm sun lying over this lovely autumn land .
25 ‘ There was the time I turned up at the Arts Lab ( first and last time ) to see the Dylan film and could n't afford it .
26 She bought a few bits and pieces from the post office and was feeling thoroughly deflated by the time she got back to the house .
27 It was dusk by the time she checked out of the Shelbourne ; night was approaching rapidly .
28 Doyle dreaded to think of how many mistakes were appearing on the court transcript , each time she looked up at the corner of the room , where the CI5 men sat , and found two youthful , smiling faces , fixing her with meaningful looks .
29 The next time she came down to the village was after a day or two .
30 Richard said he 'd invite me over next time she came down for the weekend . ’
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