Example sentences of "our [noun pl] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Table 2.2 demonstrates changes over the seventeen years to 1987 : western Europe took over half our exports for the first time in recent history ; by 1987 , the EC alone took virtually half , and most other destinations , except for North America , had declined in relative importance . |
2 | After that I do n't remember very much , except that in our ecstasy the fatal word ‘ love ’ passed our lips for the first time . |
3 | Neither approach by itself is adequate to take account of the complexities involved in meeting the needs of our children and our schools at the present time . |
4 | The next day we spent the forenoon ashore at Smeerenburg looking at the remains of the old Dutch whaling-station , and setting our feet for the first time on the Spitsbergen tundra . |
5 | Radioactive elements remain in our bodies for a long time . |
6 | We 're just saying what 's been on our minds for a long time . ’ |
7 | We only keep our records for a certain time , in some cases no longer than 12 months . |