Example sentences of "[noun] [art] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Snugly fitted into it they were flicked out , bulky and milk-white as the pearls from Madeleine 's necklace the time it broke and spilt into her plate at lunch . |
| 2 | She was scared out of her skin the time I was walking along the wall of the prom . |
| 3 | But now Ellen the time I have long awaited has come and I write to tell you that an Italian maidservant by name of Gigia who is travelling home to Florence having been in Scotland with a family who are friends of the Brownings is to come to you to collect Oreste and take him to Liverpool where she will be joined by Mr Ogilvy and from whence they will sail for Italy . |
| 4 | And then he went on and he landed up in Seattle the time they were going up to the Klondike Gold Rush . |
| 5 | Kids bring out the natural father in me and I get a crinkly mouth every time I look at an ankle snapper . |
| 6 | We are all reasoning out unstated propositions and analysing the probable intentions of our interlocutors every time we engage in talk — but various social and contextual factors influence the amount and the kind of reasoning required . |
| 7 | For years afterwards , Jay 's heart gave a lurch every time she passed the place where they parked — Astrid drove the three hundred yards from her house so they could kiss in the car before she went to Timisia . |
| 8 | Catarrhal states ; coryza with much sneezing and obstruction every time they go into a cold wind . |
| 9 | close your eyes every time he comes on |
| 10 | You are a pioneer every time you enter that unknown land . |
| 11 | If you really do want to help me , I need your unquestioning support , not your childish tantrums every time I do or say something you do n't like . ’ |
| 12 | Celia felt that he speculated privately about her condition every time he saw her , noting , with his countryman 's eye , her increasing girth , maybe even reporting progress in the local of an evening . |
| 13 | Sobbing with pain and rage , he was carted off to hospital by an ashen Claudia and the family doctor , who 'd been presented with a horse every time he delivered a Mendoza baby . |
| 14 | ‘ My dear young woman , ’ he drawled , ‘ must you shy away like a startled horse every time I get within yards of you ? |
| 15 | And he said , you know they do alright at ten pound a time they have when they 're preach in those chapels , now I do n't know , I 've no idea and good luck to them if they do ! |
| 16 | Faulty plugs on electrical appliances can be killers — yet most manufacturers , it seems , would rather put their customers at risk from electrocution and fire hazards than pay out less than the pound a time it would cost to supply all their electrical goods with ready-fitted plugs . |
| 17 | On Silver and Knitmaster punchcard machines , you will sometimes want to knit circular rows with the punchcard in. ( if the garment is knitted using a punchcard , you do n't want to have to remove the card every time you cast on ) . |
| 18 | erm is that er in the case of the postal wallet you 're in effect presenting the prospective house buyer with their business card every time you |
| 19 | I see thrilling regeneration every time I visit Tyneside and Teesside , Manchester and Merseyside . |
| 20 | • I have also resisted the temptation to dose up the pond every time I saw a fish flick or flash . |
| 21 | And here we have the calling under er an administration you know who they are and they 're hanging their heads every time you speak , you speak to them . |
| 22 | As you can see we 've got three children who will be going to the school and I do n't want them to think they have to get in a car every time they travel anywhere . |
| 23 | He says to me he says to me he 's , I 've been two or three time while he been int garden he says every time you come in here you lock your car , he says why you 're only int garden , I says well I 've lived round here for a lot of years , ha , I says and when you 've lived here long enough I says you 'll be locking your car every time you get it out . |
| 24 | Uncle Joe subjected me to the same torture and humiliation every time we were alone together — although , thankfully , he never actually went as far as raping me . |
| 25 | Ben do you mind erm breaking the study every time you sit down ? |
| 26 | Julia pushed her way to the further chair and sat down , wondering how to make herself small enough to avoid touching David every time she moved or breathed . |
| 27 | She said well you ca n't be carrying microwaves around England every time you want to have a meal . |
| 28 | Little wonder , really , she acknowledged ruefully — she 'd seen women in the building all but swoon at his feet every time he walked down the corridor . |
| 29 | It might come as a huge blow to your ego , but there are women in this world who wo n't fall in a gibbering little heap at your feet every time you spare them a smile or a word . |
| 30 | But now it gets more like home every time I 'm here . ’ |