Example sentences of "[adj] time [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not surprisingly , the game was very close and as half time approached it took a piece of individual brilliance to put St Albans ahead . |
| 2 | He held the office until Safar 924/February 1518 when he was succeeded by two Damascene scholars in turn , who between them held the post until 927/1521 ; then by two Ottomans , in turn , until 930/1524 ; and then again by one of the Damascenes who had earlier held the post , this time holding it from 930/1524 to 936/1530 when he was removed , apparently for misconduct . |
| 3 | Julie struck again , this time catching him just above the right eye , tearing the flesh . |
| 4 | Well would n't it be making a point if erm everybody who was owed this time took it regardless |
| 5 | This worried me because I could not make out what I had done this time to annoy her . |
| 6 | I 'll try her again and this time let it all come out . |
| 7 | ‘ So try again , and this time make it the truth . |
| 8 | Malpass brought out his cigarettes again and this time offered me one . |
| 9 | And ha by this time had you or P C said anything ? |
| 10 | But he raised his left hand again , this time to silence me ; took my arm and led me to the edge of the colonnade . |
| 11 | What he saw this time surprised him . |
| 12 | All this time left I 'm not used all this you could have snuck another ten in by now . |
| 13 | Here , Mr Broadhurst broke step again , this time wheeling me around to face him . |
| 14 | She kicked out again , this time cracking it a couple of feet from the juncture with the adjacent wall . |
| 15 | When Louise had collected herself , Myeloski took her through her story again , this time asking her to point out where incidents had occurred , where the hostages had been held . |
| 16 | Magee ignored the crimson puddles and knelt beside the dying man again , this time rolling him over onto his back . |
| 17 | He came back a couple of weeks ago and this time approached me rather than Rex . |
| 18 | Are they coming onto your support workers calling on the families at this time to help them erm because this will be the time when the families will need help and also naturally the residents who are normally at the centre , having got used to the centre , as we know , there could be difficulties there and I 'd like to have the please . |
| 19 | ABOVE Another scene in the Seychelles this time offering us tranquillity for very different reasons ; the rocks and the overshadowing branches indicate to us that here we can enjoy good observation of our surrounds without ourselves being observed . |
| 20 | She pulled the towel over her head and had another weep — a good one this time to get it out of her system . |
| 21 | When the Miller has finished telling his tale , Chaucer characterizes its contents once more , this time describing it as a " " nyce cas " " , " a foolish state of affairs " ( 3855 ) : an apparently neutral moral description which nonetheless contrasts significantly with the more clearly marked " " harlotrye " " that has formerly been used to label the contents of the pair of fabliaux we are now halfway through . |
| 22 | Those who worked for ‘ Laura Ashley ’ at this time found it a mixed experience . |
| 23 | He attacked the eastern Angles between 649/50 and 652 and expelled King Anna whose unexpected return temporarily checked the Mercian advance , though only until 654 or 655 when Penda invaded East Anglian territory again and this time slew him ( HE 111 , 18 ) . |
| 24 | Egged on by Rodrigo 's old enemies , the Ordonez , he again pronounced a judgement of exile — this time backing it up by confiscating all El Cid 's lands and goods . |
| 25 | At the end of the nomination latency period the LIFESPAN manager and module managers will again receive mail messages , this time informing them of which modules have actually been deleted . |
| 26 | Right , now this time do it with the calculator . |
| 27 | The ubiquity of the Jewish theme in his public addresses at this time makes it impossible to imagine that early converts to Nazism could fail to regard violent anti-Semitism as a leading feature of Hitler 's image . |
| 28 | The next time I went slowly past their table , refill coffee pot at the ready , the conversation was back to the journey , with Xanthe this time saying she basically thought horseracing boring and she would n't have come on this trip if her father had n't made her . |
| 29 | Erm what I have in mind to do my Lord , is to open the case now for you to indicate the scope of erm and will you then know , agreed that we would invite you to adjourn that for some time to enable you do some reading of the witness statement and expert 's reports because of course they are long and that would take considerable amount of with your Lordship is able to familiarise himself with the matter which is contained therein . |
| 30 | When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well . |