Example sentences of "time [pers pn] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er but it was only about half past five I did n't I never stopped till the I just kept going now tha well about half past four , I started to pack up and I realized my sandwiches were still in my snack box so I I 'd I 'd had one one earlier on whilst I was still working but yes the lady there she made us a couple of cups in the morning , er cu cup of coffee , I think about what yeah about half ten time but the time I painted a little bit and I thought oh I 'll stop and have a fag , with my coffee and I had a cup of tea later on in the afternoon but er I did n't stop , I kept going , you know and then course by time I got to my drink , it was cold it was cool , so you drink it straight down |
| 2 | This was the first time I saw an Islamic service and I was impressed by the unhurried , synchronized movements of the worshippers and by the sonorous rhythm of their prayers . |
| 3 | At that time I had a small 8ft X 6ft ( 2.5m X 2m ) greenhouse in which I grew tomatoes and a small section was allocated to begonias . |
| 4 | cos I worked two years all the time I had a few bob for that extra that 's all . |
| 5 | I think that was the last time I had a proper ride on a bike . |
| 6 | ‘ I can not remember the last time I had a proper meal without having a nice drop of wine to go with it . |
| 7 | Now , I am so thankful I stayed longer , for in this time I had an unforgettable experience . |
| 8 | The first time I killed a wild animal , and the second time I caught a big turtle . |
| 9 | Every time I took a big breath I were getting short pains all down this side ? |
| 10 | ( ’ Each time I take a good picture , I ask myself who can I show it to … but there are fewer people left . ’ ) |
| 11 | Then I went out again , chequebooking in the West End , got arrested again and this time I got a six-month sentence . |
| 12 | During this time I noticed a definite regression in his mental state . |
| 13 | At the same time I felt a terrible heat ; it seemed to consume me , growing hotter and hotter . |
| 14 | I sensed the cold outside and I felt a sensation of warmth ; at the same time I felt a strong compassion for all the homeless of the world . |
| 15 | Algy must remember to ask you to come next time I give a little party for her . |
| 16 | The last time I started a Premier League game was against Oldham , and that seems ages ago . |
| 17 | The first time I killed a wild animal , and the second time I caught a big turtle . |
| 18 | It is the first time I have an internal examination . |
| 19 | But next time I see a tiny snippet buried deep on page seven about a quake in Tokyo , I shall do a bit of trembling myself . |
| 20 | The first time I bought a soft drink at a roadside stall and began cycling away , I roused a despairing cry : the bottle was worth almost as much as the fizz inside it . |
| 21 | Once you begin working with pressed flowers , you may find that you have the same problem that I still face every time I start a new design — I always want to use as much of my pressed material as possible , if not the whole lot ! |
| 22 | This time I used a grey Ingres paper and left it exposed in parts of the sky , as well as using it as an undertone to modify the colour put over it elsewhere . |
| 23 | I remember the time I found a wounded falcon … ’ |
| 24 | Every time I open a popular newspaper . |
| 25 | The picture I am trying to convey , and it is one which is borne on me with passionate intensity almost every time I enter a primary school class , is of rigid and often unsuitable instruments ( the centralised curriculum plan , textbooks , methods of assessment ) imposed in situations where they do not apply or where they apply only to a small number of individuals within a group . |
| 26 | She said the word Chepén several times , as though she was speaking to a particularly stupid servant , Tolambo , too , the Hacienda Tolambo , and at the same time she made a circling motion with her hand , ending up with her finger pointed at the road ahead and the jagged peaks of the cordillera disembodied in a ragged mist hole . |
| 27 | Talking all the time she opened a few cupboards , then got a tin out and fiddled around with it . |
| 28 | And by the time she reaches a suitable age , I shall be long gone . ’ |
| 29 | Despite these reservations she thought that it was a good film but at the same time she upheld a longstanding tradition in Socialist Worker of avoiding any discussion of what a ‘ good film ’ might be . |
| 30 | If this sounds familiar , then it 's high time you took a fresh look at your hair . |