Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] they [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I told them several times I had met him only briefly . |
| 2 | Well well I say I rang them first time . |
| 3 | She intones , in ominous transatlantic baritone : ‘ We licked them this time , but they 'll be back again . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He stabbed them many times after they were dead . |
| 6 | His face was moving a little , twitching by one eye , but he saw them this time . |
| 7 | When I first acquired a cube , Conway and Roger Penrose , from Oxford University , had already solved theirs and remarked that it took them some time to realise the power of conjugation . |
| 8 | This group has long been noted for its breadth of vision but nevertheless it took them some time to realise the unique advantages of the photosynthetic ‘ mechanisms ’ in plants and thereby to derive what may be an original approach to the problem . |
| 9 | Opposition Sajudis members objected , without effect , to the timing of the election on the grounds that it gave them inadequate time for preparation . |
| 10 | 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 . |