Example sentences of "[conj] this time it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Orynthia lived on , despite it all — off to Honduras again in March , 1840 , where this time it was the cook who ended up in prison : William Rhodes took her out to Fernando Po , Ascension and India in 1841 , and William Cox was master again on a voyage to the Cape and Burma in 1843 , in which year he sold his half-share to Henry Johnson , a City merchant . |
| 2 | As with the Teardrop , the body is solid alder , although this time it 's contoured on the back . |
| 3 | The effect held up ( although this time it was somewhat smaller ) , and we published the first paper describing the results in 1980 . |
| 4 | But the negotiators , led by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 's Jalal Talabani and including the nephew of Masoud Barzani , the leader of the Kurdish Democratic Party , claimed that this time it could all be different . |
| 5 | She had reasoned that as she had already mounted the horse and walked around on it the previous day , that this time it would be easy . |
| 6 | There was of course the complicating factor that this time it was ‘ Mary ’ , not ‘ David ’ . |
| 7 | Power is so seductively close that it is easy to forget that in British politics the winner takes all , or to believe that this time it all will come right and they can themselves grasp power without conceding any . |
| 8 | We have it from on high , however , that this time it will . |
| 9 | I have a feeling that this time it will be all right for her . |
| 10 | We may seek out partners incapable of loving us in the way we need so as to experience again the brief hope that this time it will be all right or as Lisa Minelli sang in the film Cabaret , ‘ This time I 'll be lucky ’ , before the pain sweeps in again to overwhelm us . |
| 11 | She looked at him and for a moment he thought that this time it was going to be easy , this time she would believe him and go to sleep . |
| 12 | It was just the same thing all over again , except that this time it took twice as long because of the interpreter . |
| 13 | ‘ Ah , but I need to know for sure , you see , because I have some doubts , and before you ask me why I should be so concerned I will assure you that this time it is partly for my own self-esteem that I would like to know . ’ |
| 14 | Everyone is praying that this time it will be third time lucky . |
| 15 | Firmness gave way to nonchalance again and this time it was positively throw-away . |
| 16 | ‘ Yeah , and this time it 's in his lung . ’ |
| 17 | Two wheels , round and round , he could n't take his eyes away , and this time it 'd be like worship , I dreamed that we were made of gold , he 'd seen too much , his eyes were gold , they 'd have to melt them down . |
| 18 | I 've got a good idea and this time it 'll work . ’ |
| 19 | The phone rang again and this time it was my father . |
| 20 | Mike moved in even closer , and this time it seemed he caught Patsy flat-footed . |
| 21 | On 16 June he captured Châteauroux and this time it fell into his lap so easily that men talked of treason . |
| 22 | Then , having asked the congregation to pray for him , he paused again … and this time it was evident that it was physical weakness that obliged him to rest . |
| 23 | And this time it vanished very slowly . |
| 24 | This self-obsession , the looking inwards and away from the real world , represents a full circle turned in approximately twenty years , and this time it has official sanction and encouragement . |
| 25 | The young man spoke again , and this time it was clear that he was angry . |
| 26 | Another well-timed cover-drive beat the fielder and this time it reached the boundary . |
| 27 | There was another babble of chatter , and this time it took longer to quieten . |
| 28 | Rohmer smiled again , and this time it was as if he 'd just heard the best news of the evening . |
| 29 | We both broke down and this time it was I who held desperately on to you . |
| 30 | ‘ But I 've paid for you ! ’ he said , and this time it was loud enough to stop every conversation within a radius of twenty-five yards . |