Example sentences of "time [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three times she went one side of a tree when Schmidt went the other , emerging again without breaking her conversation . |
| 2 | Our operating divisions are run as separate , autonomous profit centres to maximise opportunities in local markets , yet at all times we pay careful attention to areas of synergy . |
| 3 | At times it brings woman-centred feminism into alliance with postfeminist discourses , in which gender politics are similarly softpedalled . |
| 4 | ‘ They take all sorts of fancy things to trade — brass basins , beads , looking glasses … last time I saw great bales of cotton stuffs , all red and blue and gold . |
| 5 | She told us : ‘ The first time I saw this lady from the Foundation for Global Unity in Canterbury , she told me I had been a young boy in one of the Balkan countries , where slaves were being used to cut down all the trees . |
| 6 | ‘ I must admit at that time I had little sympathy for the victims , having heard gruesome evidence at court , but my feelings have now changed . |
| 7 | At the time I had little knowledge of dogs . |
| 8 | By that time I had some history of being involved in socialist politics , which helped make sense of the external world , and a dawning recognition that there was also an inner world to be explored and that the psyche could n't just be dealt with by an effort of will . |
| 9 | At that time I had some interest in advertising and marketing , so I decided to get people I knew in some of the big stores to come down to one of our towns . |
| 10 | It was still the strongest weapon in my armoury but this time I added two pounds of black treacle to the mixture . |
| 11 | Certainly when we get settled in after Christmas that should be and I 'll shall say about six rolls but I 'll shall say six rolls and just the every time I get one roll of wallpaper up and you you 'll think oh I 'll do the rest tomorrow just a bit more , then you get one more looks alright there , the other wall and er , I 'm sat , I 've been up all night doing this shall do one more then I 'll go a bed , I get from the wife bloody hell mother what time did you go to bed , about an hour ago , could n't leave it wallpaper . |
| 12 | Said Leonard to us over a bottle of Sabbath wine , ‘ I did not have a scholar 's bent ; at that time I spent many evenings with Layton and we would ‘ crack ’ poetry together — discover the poet 's meaning . |
| 13 | I would be extremely interested to know the thinking behind this policy , and look forward to your assurance that next time I buy Spare Rib from W H Smith I will find it in the Women 's Section . |
| 14 | At the time I attributed this discomfort to my surplus energy , and not to my thinness . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't remember the last time I jumped that sort of height but today 's performance does n't concern me . |
| 17 | Every time I hit certain notes on the high E string ( top B for example ) an unpleasant oscillation affects the note . |
| 18 | She had saved enough to buy a length of material in the market , but by the time she had enough money from her wages to pay a dressmaker , the summer would be over . |
| 19 | For the first time she saw small lines of weariness grooving the side of his well-shaped mouth , as his shoulders flexed beneath her gaze . |
| 20 | In her spare time she does some translation from French . |
| 21 | By the time she reached this point in her narrative , Lou 's eyes had hardened , her nostrils were flaring and her small-boned hands were gripping her knees like talons . |
| 22 | A teacher who showed an interest in Asian culture was asked by a colleague , ‘ why do n't you wear Indian dress ? ’ and was greeted by a mock Indian prayer movement every time she passed this colleague in the corridor . |
| 23 | I do n't know if you remember but ages ago , round about October time she borrowed some stuff for the Brownies , for erm , for Sian , Sian was going camping and she had n't got shorts or anything , so she borrowed it off me , I was thinking of Stacey starting , I wanted the t I 'm not bothered about the shorts , but I want the T-shirt and I 'm just gon na get Stacey the culottes and she can wear her shorts and the cardigan with it buy , when she first starts and then we could , Deana 's moving up to Guides this , so she can have that sweatshirt of er , I mean they 're nine pound |
| 24 | Do not , however , record every time you put one foot in front of the other . |
| 25 | You know what is best for your department or your industry — every time you hand that responsibility to a consultant , you destroy your own credibility . |
| 26 | ‘ But , is n't it time you got some pumps in here , Squeak ? ’ |
| 27 | Let's hope that by the time you get this issue of Machine Knitting Monthly , the weather has cheered up and you 're thinking of summer holidays . |
| 28 | Except that women were deferential to other speakers they would let they would they were they would allow themselves to be walked over in conversation but at the same time you had this stereotype of women who talked too much . |
| 29 | It was so dry , now , you know the scrumpy you get here , I mean , that , that , scrumpy jack is nothing like it , but the first time you drink real scrumpy in Somerset or Devon you know , or , or , or around there , and we go and your mouth goes |
| 30 | Q , W , E , R become C , D , E , F and S , D , F become G , A and B. Slightly awkward to start with but within a very short space of time you perform these operation without looking . |