Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he brought his blazing eyes unhurriedly to her face and for a long moment she found herself wishing time would stand still ; when he looked at her like that … she swallowed , felt her pulse beating wildly ; his eyes were devouring hers . |
| 2 | No , I started it saves time in the morning . |
| 3 | Robyn swallowed , tried to regain some of the antagonism , but his eyes , unfathomable and hypnotic , made her tremble , made her feel time had stood still . |
| 4 | Plato 's intimate association of time and the universe led him to regard time as being actually produced by the revolutions of the celestial sphere . |
| 5 | Well , it 's a lot better than when you saw me last time ! |
| 6 | I knew I needed time to learn to fly again . |
| 7 | What where are you I 've missed that actually the the quite interesting just to briefly ask you about th erm When we s when I saw you last time , you were telling me something about actually erm a bit about yourself how what kind of person actually saying , you know , personality , what kind of things Wh how would you actually describe yourself ? say if I said to you , Erm what kind of person are you ? |
| 8 | ‘ I thought perhaps things would be better if we had some time away from each other , so I agreed , even though it meant her taking time off from school before the end of term . |
| 9 | Now they say he will be assessed by the same doctor who saw him last time , so I 'm very worried that he wo n't be sent to a secure unit as he should be |
| 10 | He thought it wasted time to have official committees pre-processing options before they came before ministerial groups . |
| 11 | From Reims , a long day through to Aix-les-Bains saw us losing time when a broken throttle spring caused an unbalanced descent on a slippery downhill run . |
| 12 | I only just made it last time . ’ |
| 13 | That cut our speed some and gave me thinking time , but the traffic seemed to consist entirely of black cabs and VW Golfs full of party-hoppers . |
| 14 | Now , this was the last day of the Conference , er did you have time to talk about anything other than the White Paper ? |
| 15 | Did she have time to run away ? |
| 16 | Did they have time for dalliance ? |
| 17 | Travelling to the new premises also reduced Mrs Cahuac 's net pay by 7 per cent and increased her travelling time by about 40 minutes each way . |
| 18 | She did it last time , and she did it again . ’ |
| 19 | My input over there together with erm who did it last time ? erm Norfolk and Stafford the A L O from Norfolk and Stafford erm whatsisname from Stafford so I mean I ca n't see why we ca n't |
| 20 | I did it last time . |
| 21 | But not this last time cos Rose did it last time . |
| 22 | They watching , they watch like a hawk , cos remember I did it last , I did I did it last time , this is yonks ago . |
| 23 | I said I wanted time . |
| 24 | Had I got time ? |
| 25 | ‘ I might have done had I had time … and had I remembered . |
| 26 | Her lover said she needed time and space to rethink her parameters . |
| 27 | Had she had time to free Tommaso from his changed shape ? |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd have enjoyed it more had you found time to speak to me . ’ |
| 29 | So , when the riding party of teenage girls returned for a late lunch , Lucy forced herself to present time with a brightly smiling face . |
| 30 | After hearing two days of legal argument at the Court of Session on whether relatives could sue for damage caused to a foetus , the judges said they wanted time to prepare a ruling . |