Example sentences of "[conj] this time i " in BNC.

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1 All I was really clear about was that this time I would go on as long as my lungs and muscles would function .
2 The difference is that this time I want you to play each third as a two-note chord , or ‘ diad ’ .
3 I think that this time I decided meself that I was gon na come off when I got paid .
4 But she was frank and inaccessible as a Modigliani nude ; and I was back in the green glow of the glade — except that this time I too was observed .
5 Does she know that you 've been unfaithful to her once already and are willing to be again — except that this time I 'm not co-operating ?
6 Dear Harsnet , he wrote , you may keep your door closed and not answer when I ring the bell , you may refuse to answer my letters or return my calls when I leave a message on your answering machine , but sooner or later we are bound to meet and this time I will not let you fob me off with a smile .
7 I pick up the ‘ Glass Dildo ’ photo again and this time I am struck by Cicciolina 's expressiveness .
8 Just as before , I had spent the intervening three months ‘ supporting ’ myself and this time I was so confident I was able to march into the hospital and into the consulting room certain that whatever I had or had had I was now on top of it .
9 A couple of weeks later we had an indoor match in Budapest against Hungary and this time I won , 21.3 to Ade 's 21.6 , with some top Hungarians trailing behind .
10 The Second Son did indeed meet me as always , but this time I stayed once again in his bedroom in his father 's Abu Dhabi villa , and this time I ate my meals with the Sheikh , his men and his two eldest sons .
11 And this time I 'll be able to look at the video with pride . ’
12 That hand is proffered for a farewell handshake , and this time I ask him not to squeeze so hard .
13 Plus I lost one stone in weight and this time I have not put the weight back on again .
14 So if I wanted to find out erm Let's do that one with the the N H S , and this time I want to know how much it 's going to be It starts off at a hundred pounds .
15 He was his own father down there and it was that night again when Francis said to me , ‘ Do n't go , ’ and this time I had n't .
16 I decided to go to sea again , and this time I joined a ship sailing to the islands in the South Pacific Ocean .
17 Then I went out again , chequebooking in the West End , got arrested again and this time I got a six-month sentence .
18 And this time I did n't have to walk on because I was already installed on the sofa when the show began .
19 For once I knew where to get at him and this time I was going to have the matter out with him .
20 And this time I want us both to make an effort to keep things friendly and pleasant .
21 But you 've retained that particular quirky beauty that calls to something in me , some random or rogue streak , and this time I 'm answering .
22 You were only a child then , but now you 're a woman , and this time I 'm going to take what you came here to give me . ’
23 He reached for me again , and this time I moved even further away from him .
24 And this time I was n't going to show up .
25 ‘ One day I return to these people , and this time I ask that they do a favour for me .
26 And this time I promise to listen to you . ’
27 The surprise and shock registered yet again on Ewen 's face were so real that even I , if this time I had not known better , would have thought them genuine .
28 Jay said : ‘ I do n't know what I 'm doing , it 's never been this way before , ca n't go on anything else , but this time I 'm not going to fuck up . ’
29 Mr Chapman said : ‘ I have usually got on well with newspaper proprietors , but this time I want to be in charge . ’
30 That slow laugh came again , but this time I could identify for sure the menace and the mockery in it .
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