Example sentences of "[adj] time [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't know that he will : but he was in High Places at the right times so it 's worth trying the Good Old Times routine … ’ |
| 2 | Liza Alther 's bestselling novel Kinflicks was rejected at least fifty times before it found a home , but when it did it earned her enough money to enable her to devote herself full-time to writing . |
| 3 | This continues with the ‘ shark ’ saying different times until it says ‘ dinner time ’ . |
| 4 | He did this a few times before he realised the result would always be the same . |
| 5 | Hector McDarroch , on the other band , seemed to take a pleasure in showing off his grisly implements , filling the long-needled syringe right in front of my eyes and squirting the cocaine ceilingwards a few times before he started on me . |
| 6 | I only saw Stephen a few times before I went back to prison . |
| 7 | But I think I should ring a few times before I would arrange to meet him . |
| 8 | You may need to carry out the above exercises a few times before you get any results . |
| 9 | You 'll read that sort of round and round a few times before you get it straight in your head what 's |
| 10 | ‘ We have seen her a few times since she has become well known . |
| 11 | Be prepared to ‘ fall off your bike ’ a few times whilst you are learning . |
| 12 | Just sit down ( I thought the idea was to dance — IM ) and listen to ‘ Yes Please ’ a few times until you realise that Shaun 's lyrics and the band 's music together still mean something to all their fans who follow a band purely for their music … so what were you doing talking to the stupid old Happy Mondays after all ? |
| 13 | I 've had a really horrendous time while you 've been away cavorting with your Jews … ’ |
| 14 | Leaders Sunderland made the short trip to Seaham and things looked close at half time as they nosed in front 19–14 . |
| 15 | It was an object lesson in finishing that would have preyed on the minds of the Belgian team at half time as they reflected on an opening 45 minutes during which it seemed only a matter of time before they took the lead . |
| 16 | And only two amazing misses , one of those candidly coming er just before scored the second Notts goal , with a headed chance headed wide when er had come and missed it , and when on forty four minutes on the watch but not a minute before the end of half time if you get the meaning because we had that long period of extra time , er missed the chance completely , he 'd made the er Pisa goal brilliantly with a cross from the right hand side , deep cross , pulled back brilliantly , but left with a chance , the number eleven in front of the post , well what was he doing ? again had come and again he 'd missed it and left with an open goal was wide of the target . |
| 17 | They reached the gate in even quicker time than they 'd left it . |
| 18 | We were much better ‘ staffed ’ this time so I think we were more efficient and our pilfering/loss rate which I felt had not been bad last time was down to only two items this time , even better . |
| 19 | Don Neely said that Crowe was asked at this time whether he was available for the World Cup if somebody else were skipper : ‘ I wo n't tell you his reaction . |
| 20 | After THAT book comes THIS film Madonna again getting her kit off , this time before she was famous . |
| 21 | Tony Visconti : ‘ Space Oddity ’ had been recorded and released at this time although it was not selling . |
| 22 | I felt embarrassed : clearly we had seen more of Flora at this time than I remembered . |
| 23 | ‘ We must be confident this time because we have that same feeling again . |
| 24 | The Romanian guards proved much more reasonable this time because we had the foresight to obtain a permit for safe passage from the Romanian embassy in London and so we were on our way to Arad by about 5.30 pm . |
| 25 | I do n't think so , but it 's going to be really interesting this time because we 're going to actually , actually see Kevin Maxwell — hope he does n't wear that cloth cap , it 's not really him , he 's a very young man . |
| 26 | ‘ And they wo n't be as strong this time because they have lost two or three players through injury . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Pakistan are going to be a tougher proposition this time because they have gained confidence from winning a series . |
| 28 | Spelling " incorporate " as the incorrect " encorporate " is similar , this time because you have chosen the prefix " en " instead of the prefix " in " . |
| 29 | Anything that was n't like that , though , Dave would handle all the rhythms and I 'm really glad that we did that this time because it allowed us each to focus in on what we were doing — me on my solos and Dave on the rhythms . |
| 30 | so that I could actually enjoy it more this time because it 's in , so much of a blur when you get married the first time that you 're caught up with it and you do n't really see what happens , I would like to get married all over again . |