Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He promised me this time he really would stop cranking . |
| 2 | He caught me last time though . |
| 3 | It 's in response to Mr Allenby 's question we seem to be patiently waiting for I think he posed it some time ago about the county council 's view on whether in the absence of a strategic exceptions policy or whatever you call it , a major exceptions policy in the structure plan , whether the county council would object to it being pursued in the in the local plan . |
| 4 | Anything could have sparked the riots , it just happened to be the injustice of Rodney King 's trial that triggered it this time . |
| 5 | ‘ The cutlets yes , certainly , since the Prince rejected them first time round , and asked for them later , ’ dredging up memories from the depths of his mind . |
| 6 | I mean in terms of population I think I somebody did er Strathclyde regional council used to be a client of mine when I was with Three M er well you know a client of my rep up here but er and they told me some time that I think a huge percentage of the whole of Scotland 's population |
| 7 | So we start negative two , minus two , and I know what add means cos you told me last time . |
| 8 | ‘ Particularly , ’ she continued , quite spoiling the effect , ‘ when I remember all too well what you told me last time we met , as well as … ’ |
| 9 | You told me last time . |
| 10 | Oh well , I told you another time then ! |
| 11 | Now I think I told you last time that er the whole time me and Anne had been together , we 're not drinkers . |
| 12 | There 's a nice story about my , one of my favourite presidents , I told you last time , Theodore Roosevelt , Roosevelt got very frustrated with congress so he sent the American navy , he had no money , they would n't give him any money , so he sent the American navy to the Philippines and he said to congress if you want them back again you 'd better vote some more money cos they have n't got any fuel erm which is a fairly odd way of proceeding one might think . |
| 13 | ‘ I told you some time ago I 'd seen wor young 'un with a piece . |
| 14 | My glance allowed me sufficient time to register an abundance of well-washed hair , a rosy cheerful face , a loose-hanging tweed coat and heavily-patterned woollen stockings . |
| 15 | She intones , in ominous transatlantic baritone : ‘ We licked them this time , but they 'll be back again . |
| 16 | This is all in the working week for Tim Renwick , who spared me some time just before he started work on ‘ Tom Jones — The Right Time ’ … |
| 17 | So you mean Christmas Eve they paid you normal time ? |
| 18 | Ev well I do n't know about this year mind but every Christmas I worked there she never paid us double time for anything over Christmas , she was always bought us a present . |
| 19 | Regis and Gary Bannister were both denied at close range before MacDonald spared us extra time with a rising 25-yarder which found the top left corner of Steve Sherwood 's net . |
| 20 | What reinvigorated them this time was the passing reference in Tuesday 's column to former Sunderland ( and Darlington ) manager Billy Elliott ‘ the old flying winger , ’ recalls Ron . |
| 21 | Or you may return to where you bought an item and the assistant ( who served you last time ) will tell you that this shop has never stocked whatever it is . |
| 22 | ‘ You lying git , I heard you that time . ’ |
| 23 | Oh they just There would always be somebody would be on the road at any time looking for harvest time and my father would say to someone , tell the McGregors We called them that time , so the McGregors came up went tell told the others . |
| 24 | Well well I say I rang them first time . |
| 25 | Took up some good positions , had one half chance which the keeper did well to hold , and then chased after a long ball , outrun 2 defenders , hit it first time from 25 yards or so — straight into the bottom right corner , well the keeper got a slight touch which lifted it a bit higher but you get the idea . |
| 26 | He starts out with a full clip of ammo , but watch out ( Beadle 's about ) , it 's limited — make sure you hit 'im first time . |
| 27 | Er U P S er called us one time on some hand grenades hulls er the kind that you would use sat on your desk for a paperweight . |
| 28 | You 'll find enclosed the original photograph you brought me some time ago — the one I took the enlargement from . |
| 29 | His face was moving a little , twitching by one eye , but he saw them this time . |
| 30 | When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well . |