Example sentences of "[art] [adj] time i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What always amazes me when we play scrabble I mean , things that I consider to be slang you know , on the odd time I thought well I 'll try that |
| 2 | In the short time I talked with him , I saw that he had lost none of his character . |
| 3 | A fire was lit in the ‘ Front Room ’ ( the only time I had known it to be used ) . |
| 4 | I knew that the only time I had actually seen them was when I had wiped or picked away my own pus . |
| 5 | ‘ That was the only time I had contact with him . |
| 6 | The only time I had was five hours on the Sunday beforehand , and that was supposed to be a rest day . ’ |
| 7 | That was the only time I had known real fear . |
| 8 | Although there have been many marvellous performances that have meant a great deal to me , the most important to me , without doubt , was the only time I heard my first teacher sing . |
| 9 | This was the only time I heard anyone get the better of Wellington . |
| 10 | Why my paternal so-called grandparents had been so stuffy the only time I met them . |
| 11 | And my real father — I mean my official , signed and sealed father — struck me the only time I met him as a grandiose old phoney . |
| 12 | That was the only time I 'd seen a stick being used . |
| 13 | The only time I took off was the last week of June and the first week in July to watch Wimbledon — yes , we finally bought a TV , and a coloured one to boot , which seemed the height of posh . |
| 14 | ‘ The only time I came close to lobbying was when I asked Dave Mannion , a friend for a long time , to tell me if he thought I 'd outlived my usefulness here , then I would slip quietly away . |
| 15 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 16 | It was the only time I felt slightly frightened and that was mainly because I 'd heard that a posterior labour could last a long time — even 24 hours . |
| 17 | ‘ The only time I saw him was years ago ; he was just a baby with his mother . ’ |
| 18 | It was the only time I saw Anderson close to tears . |
| 19 | That was the only time I saw her . ’ |
| 20 | That 's the only time I saw you , at your christening . |
| 21 | It was the only time I saw Cantona play for Leeds live . |
| 22 | The only time I considered the title of a book was when I found a large number of books from the same library together . |
| 23 | Because the only time I approached the the man was when my revolver was the holster and the holster was done up . |
| 24 | The only time I spoke to the cameras was when me and another woman were in the kitchen and we had to sort of make a conversation . |
| 25 | Er , mm , the other time I took stuff down there |
| 26 | The other time I came near to being shot was in May , when nobody should have been firing a rifle . |
| 27 | I remember the final time I saw him . |
| 28 | The whole time I spoke Gyggle maintained his desk-propping position , fingers steepled to beard , impartial eyes cast down into my own . |
| 29 | On that day we became friends , yet for a long time I kept my distance , afraid even to shake hands with him . |
| 30 | ‘ For a long time I thought I did , ’ she confided softly . |