Example sentences of "[that] this time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following evening ( that was three expensive dinners in a row , which made a contrast to Georg 's grudging once a month treat at the cinema ) she had insisted that this time they talk about him . |
| 2 | The same glorious sensation as she had felt that instant when , poised on the highest diving-board , she had known that this time she really did dare , that moment of poise and thrill before the free-fall . |
| 3 | She did n't even know his name but she did know that this time she was IN LOVE ! |
| 4 | She replied that of course she could trust me , but that this time she would like us to meet . |
| 5 | Debbie was determined that this time she would fight it off . |
| 6 | She left Philip to his labours , thinking that this time she had given him the money for the materials but none for his labour . |
| 7 | I think she half meant it , though what she really felt was that this time she was going to wait . |
| 8 | Not daring to tremble , she saw the point of his sword coming towards her heart , and , sure that this time she would die , closed her eyes . |
| 9 | The thought crept into the warmth and she trembled , afraid that this time she could not face rejection . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | There was of course the complicating factor that this time it was ‘ Mary ’ , not ‘ David ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | We have it from on high , however , that this time it will . |
| 15 | I have a feeling that this time it will be all right for her . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It was just the same thing all over again , except that this time it took twice as long because of the interpreter . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 20 | Everyone is praying that this time it will be third time lucky . |
| 21 | All I was really clear about was that this time I would go on as long as my lungs and muscles would function . |
| 22 | The difference is that this time I want you to play each third as a two-note chord , or ‘ diad ’ . |
| 23 | I think that this time I decided meself that I was gon na come off when I got paid . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 ? |
| 26 | Unwisely , he was heard to proclaim that this time he was sure to catch the Fawcetts redhanded ( or , more accurately , up to their fetlocks in feathers ) . |
| 27 | He found peace in the fact that this time he could help , and decided to watch over her until she recovered . |
| 28 | But something about him makes me feel that this time he will do what he has said . |
| 29 | And Jimmy knew that this time he was in serious trouble . |
| 30 | That was one of the reasons she loved him , but she could n't go on doing it indefinitely — swearing that this time he had gone too far and it was the end and then having to console him . |