Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Major success for caddie Andy Prodger and Open champion Nick Faldo came the second time around . |
| 2 | The pig spent the whole time being smacked to and fro , hence ‘ piggie in the middle ’ . |
| 3 | A customer returns a skirt because the zip broke the first time she wore it . |
| 4 | Amy nodded , her eyes like saucers , and Kathleen remembered the first time she had worked in A and E. |
| 5 | But because of his private trainer status Sibton Abbey 's win on Saturday marked the first time Murphy 's name had been credited as trainer of a big race winner . |
| 6 | Companies told the Financial Times that ‘ much of the opposition to their plans is ill-informed and orchestrated by outsiders . |
| 7 | When he spoke at the exhibition , Vivien stood the whole time , keeping her eyes fixed upon his face . |
| 8 | — hit the bottle with a vengeance when the group made the big time . |
| 9 | Mounting economic problems in Japan and Germany , and the London property crisis , could mean that economic revival will be long deferred ; a party whose record made the Financial Times refuse to back it is going to have its work cut out to keep in control . |
| 10 | His finest moment came the first time he opened the hall door to a visitor and , standing a little aside , intoned , " Follow me , sir , " before proceeding with due dignity to announce the guest at the door of the morning room . |
| 11 | Monday marked the first time he spoke from the Oval Office , sitting at John F Kennedy 's desk , on a national holiday celebrating George Washington 's birthday . |
| 12 | Mrs Theresa Briscoe , a widow with a farm within 500 yards of the mine told the Irish Times that since the mine opened she had lost four horses and some fifty cattle and sheep to lead poisoning . |
| 13 | Rodent rockers hit the big time |
| 14 | The news gave the one time glamour shares a temporary sparkle , rising 25p to 925p before slipping back to 845p . |
| 15 | Estonia left the Soviet time zone and aligned itself chronologically with Finland ; Christmas became a public holiday ; and the republican capital , Tallinn , was given its Estonian name ( with two ns rather than one ) for all-union purposes . |
| 16 | Bill read the Third time , and passed . |
| 17 | Bill read the Third time , and passed . |
| 18 | Constance remembered the many times she had seen her mother and him alone together either in the village street or at home ; she had been uneasily aware of their absorption in each other . |
| 19 | The ref said the first time the ball was n't on the spot properly so the kick had to be retaken . |
| 20 | So it 's a matter of keeping the bank advised the whole time . |
| 21 | Though he recalled once scoring a hat-trick for Toronto Blizzard , Nicholl 's two goals against Dunfermline marked the first time in his senior career that the Irishman had notched a double in top-class football . |
| 22 | The sheep had the worst time , and not many survived 1947 , although provisions for people and animals alike were dropped in by helicopter , and the Army forced a way through on the south side of the dale . |
| 23 | All that came later , when the Company reached the big time . ’ |
| 24 | One building society chief said the last time interest rates were at this level , Virginia Wade won at Wimbledon and Jim Callaghan was the Labour Prime Minister . |
| 25 | The towns accepted the new time , but not the country areas . |
| 26 | In 1980 , Dirk Coetzee made the big time in the South African Security Police . |
| 27 | Although Luke translated the whole time for her , she felt desperately isolated and sick with longing for Ricky . |
| 28 | Annette spent the intervening time with her son who had been made as comfortable as possible and she told him that she would stay with him until he went for the operation and would then go home but would return first thing in the morning . |
| 29 | By three-twenty , which was what the alarm clock by the bedside said the last time I looked at it , I have moved on from thinking about Timmy and Cheryl and her children , and Cheryl , and Timmy , and Cheryl 's children , and Timmy , and Timmy , and Cheryl , and Timmy , and begun to think about Summerchild and Serafin , and Serafin , and Timmy , and Serafin , yes , and Serafin . |