Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's still the same , but it 's the pains that I got the last time that 's gon it 's like sharp pains that 's going round about , just the insides of the nipple . |
| 2 | I tried the next time with a very dapper man , all pinstripes and umbrella . |
| 3 | ‘ I scored the first time after eight minutes . |
| 4 | That 's why I yelled the second time . |
| 5 | I spent the whole time trying to explain the family connection . ’ |
| 6 | I knew the first time was seldom ideal and I wanted to get past it to the second and third times , and all the times after that , when our love could go forward and mature and develop . |
| 7 | " I wish I knew the exact time , " she said . |
| 8 | then I had another I had another wee problem that I 'd been , I had been to see , and it was Doctor I had been , and the doctor that I saw the last time er I had three big bruises on my back , and she |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ — well anyway , I remembered the last time she was here this Mrs Heatherington-Scott made a set at Sir Harry Destry , like Thomas said , and — well , we all know what happened that time , do n't we ? |
| 11 | I remembered the last time I had seen him , on the half-landing on the stairs , and how we looked at one another — as if he had sensed it would be our last encounter — and had shaken hands and said goodbye . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not runnin' away like I did the last time . ’ |
| 13 | in front of them , so I waited until I got home and took me slipper off and whacked his bum , I said the next time I said that 's what 's gon na happen , I said you can do what you like when we go out I said but just remember what you 'll get when we come back |
| 14 | I had the best time ever . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I remember the hangover I had the last time I went on the tiles with you , and tomorrow I have to ply squash at nine . |
| 16 | I picked the right time . |
| 17 | All the scores for the trials which involved the same time delay were totalled up . |
| 18 | ‘ I was always afraid of things which worked the first time . ’ |
| 19 | Several of you are already subscribed twice in this way — as a result of the confusion which occured the last time the Oxford mailer was messed about with . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | She remembered the first time she 'd seen him , striding tall and long-legged into the reception area of the TV station , instantly dominating the place by sheer presence alone . |
| 23 | His voice was deep and soft with memories , so that she felt her heart dip , then beat crazily as she remembered the last time she 'd been involved in his research , when he 'd kissed her that morning . |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't look like you had the best time ever ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ When we met the last time . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Remember what he said when we called the first time ? |
| 28 | I mean you 'll spend just what you wan na spend in Spain , I mean like we , the night , when we went the first time , we took an ice box , but oh , we |
| 29 | Again when we went the last time they said that . |
| 30 | I mean which we did the last time we went we went down the , the beach and so on down the |