Example sentences of "[adj] other time [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Why is it that we can look at organizations which we ourselves have worked in for most of our lives , where we have complained bitterly , where over drinks with our colleagues or at the Christmas pantomime or some other time we have given vent to our irritation at these bad organizational and behavioural characteristics ; and yet when we reach high positions in companies we consider them to be something which is beyond our capability to influence ?
2 Now although Morag liked both the summer and the winter , there was one other time she always looked forward to and that was the spring — time when the snow melted and green leaves began to appear again on all the trees and hedges .
3 The only other time they 're paid compensation for loss of earnings , is when they 're sick as a result of an injury received on duty , you know Fire Brigade duty .
4 Fred said , ‘ The only other time he ever ordered it was the night you rang us up in Leeds to say you 'd got the house and we could move in by the week we were spliced . ’
5 Apart from an uncharacteristic first fence fall at Ascot on his third start , the only other time he was beaten was when going down by a half length to Minnehoma in the Sun Alliance Chasethe novices Gold Cup .
6 She was immediately recognisable , though she 'd had the scarf on as she sped past me the only other time I 'd seen her .
7 He said : ‘ The only other time I had to deliver a baby was during my time in the Army .
8 They did not get many phone calls and any other time she would have rushed out into the hall to see who it was .
9 Maurin would be at the gallery any other time she wanted him .
10 At any other time she would have recognised the bitter note of personal experience in his voice , but all she wanted at that moment was to flee before her worst fears were realised .
11 At any other time she might have appreciated the beauty of the morning , a perfect , brilliant , cloudless day , golden and enticing after a refreshing overnight rain .
12 ‘ In any other time he would have been a pirate or a highwayman . ’
13 At any other time I would probably telephone my agent and discuss this point for twenty minutes or so , for it is the kind of marginal detail which intrigues me and has never appeared to bore him .
14 At any other time I 'd have laughed at this innocent self-betrayal ; just now it did n't seem funny , only irritating .
15 ‘ Why — because , though at any other time I could perhaps let my feelings have their head , this time , for a reason I simply was n't seeing then , I just knew that it could not be like that with you . ’
16 He left a plate of chocolate biscuits as a peace offering — at any other time it would have been a great treat — and went off with his friends .
17 ‘ At any other time it would be a pleasure . ’
18 In fact , any other time it would probably have terrified her , now she rather welcomed it as a sign that life was normal after all .
19 But at any other time it 's the end of your turn .
20 Any other time you can leave a message on the answerphone and someone will call you back .
21 That was all , the slightest touch of his fingers on hers , but she was reminded of that other time he had touched her , when he 'd helped her out of the pool , and now , as then , something inside her responded to his touch .
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