Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the new game she had invented of punishing one or both of them each time they were beastly to her made her life more or less bearable . |
| 2 | If you need glasses or contact lenses to reach the eyesight standard , you must wear them each time you drive . |
| 3 | In fact , now that I come to think of it , I have a feeling it may have been Lord Darlington himself who made that particular remark to me that time he called me into his study some two months after that exchange with Miss Kenton outside the billiard room . |
| 4 | The robe had tripped me each time I had stooped low enough to exert sufficient force , so I had taken it off . |
| 5 | Nigel was sufficiently worried about my feeble attempts towards the top of the ascent that he got below me each time I had to turn and pushed me forward into the slope . |
| 6 | He promised me this time he really would stop cranking . |
| 7 | In my spare time I saw a lot of John Keay , an Agriculture graduate of the U. of Saskatchewan and a good friend , as well as Jerry Harwood and Quincey Moffat with whom I was closely associated in organizing the annual Boys ' Parliament elections . |
| 8 | In my spare time I was taking boat parties out from Mid Yell , and I ‘ used ’ that animal all summer , rarely failing to find it . |
| 9 | In my spare time I wrote stories , painted wonderful illustrations , and made magazines , with crossword puzzles and problem pages . |
| 10 | I would I 'd like to be a dance teacher when I grow up and in my spare time I would do I would like to do dancing and swimming . |
| 11 | In my spare in my spare time I 'd like to be , like to do dancing and swimming . |
| 12 | ‘ In my own time we 've lost four cham always do so well before losing our way in the second half . |
| 13 | And I I last time I were there I went there for erm well to put it fairly straight I went to consult on something that 'd been done . |
| 14 | Howard subscribed to the contemporary theory that the disease was transmitted by vapours ( it is , in fact , caught by man through the bites of body lice ) and well knew how much at risk he put himself each time he entered the noxious cells . |
| 15 | On that particular day many children , who were sitting examinations , would not be travelling at their normal time which is the peak time for traffic on the road . |
| 16 | To give himself more time he asked the Bookman if he would help him with his homework . |
| 17 | When Smith finally resumed his studies at Oxford he managed to compress his delayed undergraduate career into just 18 months , during which short time he won the university 's most prestigious classics prize and gained first class honours in both classics and mathematics . |
| 18 | In her spare time she managed to complete her Master of Education degree , writing a thesis on African education . |
| 19 | In her spare time she makes and decorates cakes of different shapes and sizes for all occasions . |
| 20 | In her spare time she writes . |
| 21 | In her spare time she does some translation from French . |
| 22 | In her spare time she also plays the piano and harp and goes horse-riding . |
| 23 | In their own time they were often called ‘ Condition of England Novels ’ , because they addressed themselves directly to the state of the nation . |
| 24 | Morag stayed at the small , white house at different times of the year and she could never make up her mind which particular time she liked the best . |
| 25 | It ca n't have been very convenient for you that time he rang up in the middle of the night drunk after someone else 's party . ’ |
| 26 | Tell you this time they were out all in full force you know . |
| 27 | At trick two you cash the Ace of Diamonds and thereafter the defence can not dare to lead Diamonds and must always lead another suit at you any time they are on lead . |
| 28 | He 'll marry you any time you say . ’ |
| 29 | If he 'd got a down on you , he could get back at you any time he wanted . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I could take you any time I wanted , Shannon , ’ he said in a soft voice that sent a shiver down her spine . |