Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He began to wonder how much more time he would need to waste before phoning Blanche with the bad news that he had found nothing . |
| 32 | Feel free to be inconsistent each time you describe it . |
| 33 | ‘ I say them two or three times and it became more obvious each time I say them that they had a real understanding of what it was they were trying to do musically . |
| 34 | so could you differentiate minus K X the coefficient is not three this time it 's minus K . |
| 35 | So far most of the conclusions are broadly in line with other studies , but there is a brief , but interesting , discussion about carers ' groups , where the authors state that , contrary to the present emphasis professionals give to self-help , ‘ the last thing ( carers ) wanted to do with the little free time they had was to talk about elderly people ’ . |
| 36 | Personally I think it should be restricted to about four weeks and get more exhibitions in there for wider variety and also there 's a number of er travelling exhibitions around the country that come down North er from up North down to the South to show around here that you can book these any time you want er I talked to somebody organised an exhibition in London and they are quite willing to come to Harlow you book us and we have nothing like this at all . |
| 37 | Like yourself , they will be welcome any time they wish to visit . |
| 38 | But do n't forget you 're welcome any time you like to come . ’ |
| 39 | But everything was fine last time I went . |
| 40 | You said three and you oh yeah yeah you three last time you said three and a half . |
| 41 | He saves his monthly salary slips , and his bank statements and cheque stubs , and reads through them all each time he adds another item , entranced by the complex passage of money through his hands . |
| 42 | It may help to place your hands with your fingertips together on your stomach — make sure each time you breathe in your fingertips come apart and come together as your breathe out . |
| 43 | Martinho had led them from one identical spot to another , sure each time it was the place , blundering through the heat and humidity with a fresh excuse burbling from his thick lips . |
| 44 | It 's funny how many stars seem to harbour similar buried desires perhaps it 's all that time they spend waiting on tables before they get their big break . |
| 45 | They 'd both been working for nearly two years , and all that time they had n't been paid a penny . |
| 46 | Often we 'd stalk a herd for days on end , and all that time we 'd never even catch a glimpse . |
| 47 | But all that time we were friends . |
| 48 | All that time we 're getting on your bus stops at . |
| 49 | In all that time we have actually had two people say yes I would like to cancel , of all the policies that we 've actually issues . |
| 50 | When I fink of all that time 'e jus ' sat at the front door wiv 'is 'ead in 'is 'ands , I shudder . |
| 51 | However , during all that time he records that he was seldom free from pain . |
| 52 | All that time he has been kept going mainly by Russian hand-outs . |
| 53 | I had to put the project aside for a while , he wrote , as the rent had to be paid , not to speak of alimony , school fees and the rest , and , coming back to it after a considerable period , much longer , unfortunately , than I had anticipated , and I will not even try to apologize since you gave me a completely free hand — anyway , he wrote , trying to ignore the damp spots left on the page of his pad by his sweaty hands , anyway , coming back to it after all that time I realized that it would be quite impossible in practice to separate the valuable and the worthless , the public and the private , and that , in a sense , one would have to think in terms of either publishing the whole thing exactly as it stood , or not doing it at all . |
| 54 | They threw us out at four o'clock and in all that time I had n't said a word , just listened . |
| 55 | After leaving the prairies in 1937 my working career took me to many lands around the world for 37 years , and I must confess that during all that time I scarcely thought of my old friend Edna Jacques until January of 1974 , when we were living in Anguilla . |
| 56 | I have been using pastels for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 57 | I have been using pasters for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 58 | I have been keeping tropical fish for around 20 years and in all that time I have always had not just one , but a number of aquaria . |
| 59 | All that time I kept thinking , do I love him ? |
| 60 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |