Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a succession of jobs as bellhop , waiter , car-park attendant , like a bit-part actor who finally made the big time in this aquatic Hollywood , he has built a career out of surfing big waves . |
| 2 | Maybe it just seemed the right time , and the right place … ’ |
| 3 | He had not been able to in Edinburgh , but now seemed the ideal time . |
| 4 | I simply used the extra time to polish them a little . ’ |
| 5 | When he arrived at the BBC as deputy Director-General in 1987 , John Birt even told the Financial Times that he found the place ‘ crudely , thoughtlessly anti-Establishment . ’ |
| 6 | I even enjoyed the bad times in retrospect . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , it 'll definitely be this Tuesday , ’ he told The Scotsman but then told the Irish Times it would be 1 April . |
| 8 | Even now she vividly recalled the first time she saw Nader at the exclusive Royal Club , a dining , gambling and sports centre . |
| 9 | " Why did the wonderful times stop ? " asked Sara . |
| 10 | I never noticed the exact time , but I was in the bath when I heard the stir down here . ’ |
| 11 | He complained about the cart , the reins , the horse , the road , the sky , his watch ( which never told the right time ) and his clothing . |
| 12 | The names of Eaux-Bonnes 's hotels still have the old pompous ring to them , the Hôtel d'Orient et d'Espagne , the Hôtel Richelieu , the Hôtel tea Princes ( the ‘ dearest ’ in a ‘ very wealthy little modern town ’ in Hilaire Belloc 's day , but up for sale and miserably vandalized the last time I saw it , in the mid-1980s ) , but their clients are not what they once were . |