Example sentences of "[vb past] [that] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she revealed that first time buyers in Northern Ireland have the most affordable housing in Britain . |
| 2 | Mr Van Leuween described the deportations as premature and argued that more time should have been given to establish whether the voluntary repatriation programme was working . |
| 3 | The jury foreman confirmed that more time would make no difference , and the judge said he had no option but to dischage them . |
| 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 | No problem here — Labour was sure of the answer , and Front Bench spokesperson Dr John Cunningham was so pleased and relieved that this time Labour was going to get it right , that when he rose to speak on 8th December in Standing Committee A , he repeated Labour 's position several times . |
| 6 | It is often assumed that winter is the most suitable time for training yet only 43% indicated that any time during winter would be suitable . |
| 7 | I cast one longing glance up at the cliffs of Coire Ardair , where the sun was glancing off the icy tips of gleaming rock , and I knew that next time I 'd get the sucker . |
| 8 | And Jimmy knew that this time he was in serious trouble . |
| 9 | They did not know when accident or sickness would hit them , and though they knew that some time in middle age — perhaps in the forties for unskilled labourers , perhaps in the fifties for the more skilled — they would become incapable of doing a full measure of adult physical labour , they did not know what would happen to them between then and death . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She feverishly thought that this time , though he was tender and romantic at times , he was being very cautious about his feelings for her . |
| 12 | Athelstan was pleased to see that it was empty and insisted that this time he should be host . |
| 13 | Anything that was n't like that , though , Dave would handle all the rhythms and I 'm really glad that we did that this time because it allowed us each to focus in on what we were doing — me on my solos and Dave on the rhythms . |
| 14 | I remembered that first time we had come here . |
| 15 | He said that some time ago the POWs fund was merged with a general purposes benefit fund for all old comrades of the regiment , but that POWs were given priority in any benefit payouts . |
| 16 | ‘ They said that last time I was in , but I 'm still ‘ ere , ai n't I ? ’ |