Example sentences of "[adj] time that i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was about this time that I received a letter from Dr Liu Shih-Shun , Chinese Ambassador in Ottawa , who informed me that , with the imminent cessation of hostilities in Asia , the Chinese government would move back from the wartime capital of Chungking to the south central city of Nanking . |
| 2 | It was around this time that I first discovered the darker side of ornithology — the effect of man on the environment . |
| 3 | I had a dream at this time that I was caught by the Nazis . |
| 4 | It was about this time that I committed a faux pas which my contemporaries never let me forget . |
| 5 | I was at this time that I renewed my acquaintance with Herbert Read , whom I had met first at Oxford in the company of Nevill Coghill . |
| 6 | I was confident by this time that I was safe , despite retaining my poor showing at school , but I was in a new trade — Metal Rigger — and was , by result , as good as most . |
| 7 | I was right on both counts , but it did not really sink in for some time that I had joined a charity . |
| 8 | I mean in terms of population I think I somebody did er Strathclyde regional council used to be a client of mine when I was with Three M er well you know a client of my rep up here but er and they told me some time that I think a huge percentage of the whole of Scotland 's population |
| 9 | For example , when Perk disappeared she was wearing a yellow dress and it was only after the second time that I realised the significance of Gail ( Perk 's older sister ) finding a yellow ribbon in Mr Elder 's ( the lodger ) drawer . |
| 10 | I tried to be as patient as I could and I think David 's mother has realised for quite a long time that I was quite a good daughter-in-law to her ( although I was n't a daughter-in-law at that time ) but as a girl friend , I could understand her finding it obnoxious that her son brought some strange person into the house . |
| 11 | I 'd been thinking for a long time that I 'd welcome the chance to talk with a psychiatrist , although not about captivity — I felt I 'd worked my way through that enough — but about my past and how I came to be the person I was when I was taken hostage . |
| 12 | ‘ The discussions have been taking place for such a long time that I rather got used to the idea that I should be leaving . |
| 13 | Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation . |
| 14 | I could n't summon up a double bass in the short time that I had this rig , which was a shame since , like Hughes & Kettner 's BassBase , the unit is flexible enough to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of the instrument , the primary reason for the onboard notch filter . |
| 15 | I 've just retired from the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service after just over thirty years service having reached , reached the er full time that I matured , that 's thirty years service and attaining the ripe old age of fifty five . |
| 16 | So popular was this usage at one time that I recall examining final school-practice for one college when in observing two full days of drama lessons I only saw games , no drama at all . |
| 17 | My own position was perhaps rendered the more difficult by Ian Smith 's assertion at one time that I was the only representative from this country that he trusted . |
| 18 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 19 | As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy . |
| 20 | It was the first time that I had openly , assertively hitched . |
| 21 | The meeting was held in Harvey Haddon Stadium in Nottingham , and it was the first time that I had ever been on an Inter-City train . |
| 22 | It was the first time that I had experienced the midnight sun . |
| 23 | It was the first time that I had ever seen the inside of a police cell . |
| 24 | It was the first time that I had been picked to run in an individual event against the USA , and I was looking forward to it . |
| 25 | It was the first time that I had run a 60 metres in years and I improved my personal best to 6.63 seconds , which I was pleased with — but not so happy , obviously , to lose to Lincoln by one-hundredth of a second . |
| 26 | It knew the nights when I was more drunk than others and the first time that I turned my back . ’ |
| 27 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 28 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
| 29 | Having replied Yes with much confidence in his initial request I did not think I could take two steps to the rear , so I hastened to add that the job would take me some considerable time as ti would be my spare-time/spare-time job , consoled myself with the thought that it was the first time that I had made anything to be used in a church , so it would be a challenge . |
| 30 | In 30 years of visiting the city this is the first time that I have experienced this state of affairs . |