Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood looking at the pools of water lying on the pitch , the door of the directors ' Portakabin swinging back and forth on its one remaining hinge , and I recalled the good times , remembered the bad . |
| 2 | I spent the whole time trying to explain the family connection . ’ |
| 3 | " I wish I knew the exact time , " she said . |
| 4 | But I chose the wrong time when prices were depressed and there was n't a great deal to come after all the expenses were paid . |
| 5 | I picked the right time . |
| 6 | That mining might mean the end of the road for the town , with a population of some 6,000 people , did not unduly worry the man from the Department of Economic Development — Northern Ireland ( DEDNI ) , Ivor Greene , who told the Irish Times ‘ If it was decided that the time was proper for mining to proceed , Ballymoney could disappear but the people would be well compensated if it came to that ’ . |
| 7 | After a spell in teaching , she joined the Irish Times ; five years later , in 1973 , she was offered a job in the paper 's office in London , where she met her husband , writer Gordon Snell . |
| 8 | Louise came again , towing Suzanne , who spent the entire time shuttered off within the earphones of her Walkman ; if spoken to she smiled with bland and tolerant self-absorption , like the very old . |
| 9 | Yesterday evening we had a courtesy visit to our rooms from Comrade Wong , Vice-Chairman of the Institute 's Revolutionary Committee , Comrade Chang our cadre organizer , and the luckless Comrade Interpreter Wong , who spent the whole time interpreting , so that he did n't even have a chance to drink his tea or to eat a biscuit . |
| 10 | The world would be a more stable and therefore a better place if we extinguished ourselves in the same place where we first saw the light of day , and if we spent the intervening time in as small a circumference as a day 's walking permits . |
| 11 | Normally the top two finishers in each event would be named in the team provided they met the qualifying time set by the International Amateur Athletic Federation . |
| 12 | They fought the whole time , but underneath she was frantic for his love and approval . ’ |
| 13 | JUST when they thought the good times were coming to an end , Japanese building firms are being given a batch of orders for huge infrastructure projects . |
| 14 | When they bought The Financial Times in 1957 , the Pearsons started to expand further into media . |
| 15 | First , he changed the dramatic time . |
| 16 | ‘ We are always busy here , and it seemed the right time to start planning for an extension , ’ she said . |
| 17 | There was something I did n't tell you at your father 's funeral because it seemed the wrong time , but two days after he died , I received a letter from him . |
| 18 | I think they 'd always sort of wanted to go and explore , yes , and it seemed the ideal time , the boys were just about school age , erm , sort of you could well . |
| 19 | Mr Johnson told the court it landed the Financial Times with a phone bill of £705 . |
| 20 | Born in Scotland he started as a young full-back at Park Head … then after 200 games with Carlisle … he hit the big time with Spurs … that 's when he became pals with Hoddle … at 29 his English career was wrecked by injury … he helped pioneer soccer in the states and then came back home again to coach … |
| 21 | Christopher Wood 's last New York exhibition on this theme was held at the Shepherd in 1985 and he felt the present time to be right for another one , particularly given the slackness of the London market at present . |
| 22 | He stayed the entire time . |