Example sentences of "time [pers pn] have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that was the last time I had a proper ride on a bike . |
| 2 | ‘ I can not remember the last time I had a proper meal without having a nice drop of wine to go with it . |
| 3 | Now , I am so thankful I stayed longer , for in this time I had an unforgettable experience . |
| 4 | It is the first time I have an internal examination . |
| 5 | Perhaps it 's time you had a real rest , Buzz . ’ |
| 6 | Every time you have a Prime Minister who wants to take all the decisions , it mainly leads to bad results . |
| 7 | Does he agree that it is time we had a real clampdown on the possession of firearms throughout society , remembering that the problem will not be cured unless the Home Office takes strenuous action in relation to the legal as well as the illegal holding of firearms ? |
| 8 | It was grey and , and mustard , it sounds revolting but we , we were a bit , I suppose it was the time we had a purple carpet , we had an orange wall , do you remember that living room ? |
| 9 | T. D. One time we had an acting sergeant . |
| 10 | I do nt subscribe to get lots of Leeds bashing each and every time we have a disappointing result . |
| 11 | He took stick from everyone his mates said it was about time they had a good laugh . |
| 12 | Someone , a bit of a wag , said , ‘ Time they had a new stick to hit that there bell . ’ |
| 13 | She had other daughters in the town but she always wanted me and if ever she wanted anything to do with her papers and books and financial things , she used to ask my husband to go in , you see the day after we got there she brought us a huge dish like that with mushrooms which er grew f er well there are houses built there now but er at that time they had a big meadow there sort of a copse er in it with a bunch of trees and you see and all these mushrooms grew , you see , and they were , you know , they 're nice you see . |
| 14 | This time they had a big Rottweiler with them . |
| 15 | Weeks went by and months went by ; in the course of time they had a little son . |
| 16 | Leith and Sebastian had been in their flat a month when Sebastian declared it was time they had a flat-warming party . |
| 17 | By this time he had a firm place in baronial society . |
| 18 | Isaac Abendana ‘ having lighted his Pipe , fell down dead ’ 17 July 1699 while visiting his friend Arthur Charlett [ q.v. ] , master of University College , and a merchant Jew passing through the town conveyed the body to London for burial , putting an end to a thirty-seven-year Oxbridge career during which time he had a virtual monopoly on Hebrew studies there . |
| 19 | From Desmond Morton 's point of view , Edward struck gold the first time he had a proper conversation with Frank Foley . |
| 20 | in April 1729 , by which time he had a high reputation , particularly as a maker of surveying instruments , being known especially for his accurate division of scales . |
| 21 | But at the same time he has an acute sense of her as being more than the object of his perception , as being another subjectivity , a self which is not his own self . |