Example sentences of "time [pers pn] [vb past] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several times I went to the head of the stairs , my longing to go to him was so strong . |
| 2 | ‘ As I told you , I did n't go out much when I worked in London , but I 've got a silk dress which I wore on the few times I went to the opera . |
| 3 | In fact , out of all the times I went to the Show Room I was only asked to dance twice . |
| 4 | In those hard times she turned to the god in the village where she lived , and that god stood by her . |
| 5 | After writing for The Observer and The Times he returned to The Guardian as cricket and , subsequently , wine correspondent in the late 1960s . |
| 6 | ‘ By the time I rolled to the bottom of the slope I could see the steady fire coming from the windows . |
| 7 | It reminds me of the time I went to a school in Clevedon to interview one of the masters , David Bryant , who was the greatest bowls player in the world and a star in his own right . |
| 8 | Last time I went to the hairdresser 's I was so crippled with period pains I drank three instant g & t's on the bus . |
| 9 | ‘ Probably the last time I went to the cinema , ’ the last member of the trio , a small , mousy-haired woman , chimed in , a littly archly . |
| 10 | The collection or pot plants was n't simply brought about by my parking my car at the garden centre every time I went to the hospital ; there was more to it than that . |
| 11 | Well , I 'd done that there , and that had gone by the time I went to the hospital and I thought brilliant ! |
| 12 | Er last time I went to the doctor was when I hurt my back . |
| 13 | First time I went to the zoo I was erm |
| 14 | He rang back again at once and mistakenly carried on with the Airds ' answering service , not realizing that the woman there had picked up by the time I got to the phone . |
| 15 | It had been raining all day and by the time I got to the inn I looked like a pink sponge in a cagoule . |
| 16 | This was unnerving and by the time I got to the top I was exhausted . |
| 17 | By the time I got to the officer , the children had practically stripped him . |
| 18 | By the time I got to the bathroom at half time and over to get something to eat there was nothing hot left . |
| 19 | By the time I got to the smithy there were a queue of horses halfway down the street , all waiting to be roughed . |
| 20 | By the time I got to the city centre I was sweating all over — I 'd get to stink at this rate . |
| 21 | By the time I got to the Party Conference in October , I was under police guard . |
| 22 | By the time I got to the end of the course , I was still picking up the pieces . |
| 23 | And now , clearly , it 's time I turned to the poem itself , having spent most of my hour on the question of how Milton got there . |
| 24 | By the time I stumbled to the summit of Cairn Gorm , it was hard to stand up straight , and the snow driving into my face stung like shotgun pellets . |
| 25 | There was no time to think over this latest development , for by the time she got to the hall downstairs the doorbell was already jangling . |
| 26 | By the time she got to the motel , it was daylight . |
| 27 | She had n't realised how much it angered her until she had begun , and by the time she came to a halt , her voice had acquired all the sting of a whiplash . |
| 28 | From the time she returned to the house , both Aggie and Ben ate better , lived more comfortably and were happier . |
| 29 | However , by the time she returned to the house Putt had locked himself inside his room and he refused to open the door to her . |
| 30 | When was the last time you went to the optician ? |