Example sentences of "and [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother held him on her knee and explained for the hundredth time how big the ship would be and how many oceans it would cross and what his big brother would see from it . |
| 2 | We are both exalted and fallen at the same time : sinful and yet given unique status in the universe of things . |
| 3 | These writings appealed essentially to a generation of students bored with academic life and attracted by the street credibility of the Situationists , and often provided students with the dubious pleasure of being flattered and insulted at the same time . |
| 4 | And realised for the first time that my lot as a walker was far safer than that of a cyclist . |
| 5 | In the meantime , the railway 's in-service stock is being repainted in a new dark red and ivory livery , mainly by one locally based volunteer and adorned for the first time with the railway 's insignia . |
| 6 | What I did get away with was arguably worse than murder , and revealed for the first time something of what I was letting myself in for by getting involved with Karen Parsons . |
| 7 | Any necessary elections for tax purposes must be identified and made at the optimum times . |
| 8 | It is useful , when several people have to get together to collaborate on an activity , to make one of them responsible for seeing that this is done and done at the right time . |
| 9 | Arising from the resolute opposition by the District to the Board 's proposals , a sub-committee was also established by the Cambridge Board to consider its relations with the WEA and met for the first time in May 1938 . |
| 10 | ‘ So boo to you , ’ I said to the murderer as I went through the gate — and noticed for the first time that there were no bushes there , just a little hedge of lavender . |
| 11 | So she went on watching and noticed for the first time that Mrs Files had lovely hands , long-fingered , fine-textured , graceful in their mundane task . |
| 12 | While the aide translated these remarks Joseph Sherman took the opportunity to glance around the room and noticed for the first time that groups of diminutive Annamese were standing quietly with their wives among the taller European men and women . |
| 13 | He followed her into the sitting room , and noticed for the first time his packed bag . |
| 14 | I rowed on a few yards and anchored for the sixth time . |
| 15 | In September Lafayette took pride of place on the Stoddard Templeton stand at the Harrogate exhibition , the main retail carpet exhibition of the year , where it was officially launched and shown for the first time . |
| 16 | He thought of her , and thought at the same time of Oxford ; and remembered , with sudden guilt , the letter from his mother , which he had not yet read . |
| 17 | Alice returned to the second coat and her work of balancing on the trestles , and thought for the first time : I 'm silly . |
| 18 | I was comforted and stimulated at the same time . |
| 19 | One new idea is to combine a styling brush with hot air , so the hair can be dried , curled and styled at the same time . |
| 20 | An opinion poll conducted on 28–9 April and sponsored by the Irish Times showed 57 per cent in favour of the divorce amendment with only 7 per cent undecided . |
| 21 | The majority of housing is provided for this group-housing schemes for single people being rare , and the few that exist being blatantly restricted and cut at the present time . |
| 22 | Lantern slides of each image were made , and projected at the same time in register on a screen . |
| 23 | Lantern slides of each image were made , and projected at the same time in register on a screen . |
| 24 | With less than a minute of the second half played Cork again jumped into the lead with a Thomas Mulcahy goal but Wexford replied immediately and led for the first time when Eamonn Cleary had their only goal in the 37th minute . |
| 25 | Chesarynth sensed it and realized for the first time that what she was hearing was nothing but verbally-trimmed ideas . |
| 26 | He saw the naked longing in her amber eyes and realized for the first time how much he had been neglecting her . |
| 27 | He managed to look both surprised and baffled at the same time . |
| 28 | I have reached a stage where I can watch television , as long as the programme does n't require too much attention , and knit at the same time . ’ |
| 29 | There are other models that transfer stitches and knit at the same time but the K858 has a separate lace carriage to transfer stitches and the punchcards are treated accordingly . |