Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had come north , summoned by a War Office telegram to see me that first time . |
| 2 | ‘ She never promised me that first time , so she 's never broken her promise to me yet . |
| 3 | W first of all though I think I 've got them right this time I hope , the World Health Organization , charities , the United Nations , the European Commission erm foreign business organizations and l the bodies that lay down regulations er for activities . |
| 4 | ‘ But give me this any time , ’ he laughed . |
| 5 | but , but , to me going , going skiing is just I mean like , it does n't there 's nothing different each time we go . |
| 6 | There was , it is understood , no lack of enthusiasm among these leading lights ; it was more a case of ‘ ask me some other time ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Definitely , people have been respectful towards me and given me some free time . |
| 9 | I 've got , you gave me some last time and I 'd got them the week before , so I 've got enough . |
| 10 | Lot number ninety eight Lot number ninety eight a cloisonne dish we have that showing on my right this time , there we are eighty for that at eighty pounds at eighty pounds , any more at eighty only , at eighty pounds , all done ? |
| 11 | I 've always voted conservative but I feel they 've made such a mess of everything I 'll vote for someone different this time . |
| 12 | Do I collect my thousand this time ? |
| 13 | four hundred and thirty quid , he said bloody hell , so what I said to him is , I know you 're gon na need a car , what I 'll do is er , I 'll get to work , I 'll put it , I 'll bring the car , you bring the car in beginning of the month , next month , right , said I wo n't be able to guarantee that I 'll get it done in a week cos I 've got other work booked in , but I 'll have it in here which means I 'll be able to do work to your car , right , and it 's better me being able to do that , then it , it 's sitting out outside your house and nobody touching it for a couple of weeks , now , I might have it for a couple of weeks , see and I 'll be able to do it in my own leisurely time then |
| 14 | I 'll swear alright , but in my own good time — |
| 15 | ‘ In my own good time , ’ Sabine said levelly . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , but on my own this time , ’ Endill replied . |
| 17 | Though you thought , Oh come on old misery ca n't I go out on my own some time ? |
| 18 | The time was 10.6 seconds , which was my fastest legal time to date ( that is , the wind speed was below 2 metres per second ) and would turn out to be my fastest that year . |
| 19 | I won in 10.44 , my fastest electrical time . |
| 20 | I won the 200 metres in fine style , clocking my best indoor time of 21.05 seconds . |
| 21 | The young people also wanted to have some enjoyment in their scarce free time and escape from the contradictions of their ‘ privileged ’ position . |
| 22 | In a visit in the spring of 1987 , I met a teacher who confided that the externally-imposed testing system pre-empted the use of 30% of her total professional time , and that her own independent judgements ( which she saw as more valuable and inseparable from her natural teaching style ) occupied a further 20–25% of the time . |
| 23 | Connell ( 1970 ) found that the Pacific Nucella took 9 hr to bore through large barnacles , about 7000 of their total feeding time . |
| 24 | The proportion of time spent in silence varied between 16 and 62 per cent , with most subjects pausing between 40 and 50 per cent of their total speaking time . |
| 25 | Similarly many a bureau may have to close their doors an hour before their official closing time in order to be able to leave the bureau not too many hours after closing time . |
| 26 | The days on Capitol Hill when she had to paint in her limited spare time seem far off now . |
| 27 | But it was only a steady run nearly five second slower than her personal best time and almost four seconds away from her English Schools clocking of 43.5 last year . |
| 28 | The d.c. supply voltage ( V5 ) is chosen so that it produces the rated winding current ( 1 ) when applied to the total phase circuit resistance , which is equal to the sum of the phase winding ( r ) and forcing ( R ) resistances : In general the phase winding has a considerable inductance , so its natural electrical time constant ( inductance/resistance ) is long . |
| 29 | Due to its short running time , overall details of aircraft and events are not given great depth , but to the collector of archive aviation films this tape will be a welcome addition to the home library . |
| 30 | They were , I sensed , discussing my case , but also other matters having to do with their copious free time : hobbies , and so on . |