Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realised this the first time I saw her dressed up to go out — excited , nervous and yet so alive . |
| 2 | In all other cases outside of those exceptions the order which prescribes unpleasant consequences , unless a person does a particular act , must make clear the precise time within which the act is to be done ( RSC Ord 42 , r 2(1) ) . |
| 3 | About one in three adults can do this the first time they try it . |
| 4 | ‘ What do you think made you feel funny the last time ? ’ |
| 5 | Sean Walsh seemed watchful the whole time . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , consider this the ideal time to learn , ’ he said softly , and she could have quite willingly screamed . |
| 7 | There 's no excuse for that and if we 're er having as one of our major platforms of our business initiative 's quality , then er the quality must be right one hundred per cent all the time er so I was somewhat bothered that we were an an disappointed I suppose that we did n't get high ratings in the quality control reviews which were carried out , so to that end we were make make sure the next time we came round with a better score er so er we are looking at what 's called hot reviews which is looking at er an audit for example before it 's finalised by somebody completely independent of the job carrying out a technical review of the way in which tha that audit has been conducted er we are looking at it after the jobs been finished and probably in the slack season in the summer get people to actually review as if they were doing a dry quality control review of the job er prior to us getting an external review er carried out . |
| 8 | Maintenance is a drag : it takes all the fucking time ’ 8 |
| 9 | He was simply aware that Gabriel 's allegiance had changed , that he spent all the spare time he could with Lucie and the girl , and that he no longer believed he was an angel . |
| 10 | Such FUN — gets drunk the whole time |
| 11 | And you 're doing this the whole time . |
| 12 | Most people feel homesick the first time they leave home , no matter how old they are . |
| 13 | And when I went wrong the other time . |
| 14 | went wrong the first time do you ? |
| 15 | I understood this the first time I read him , he wrote , in that smelly room in Hackney . |
| 16 | She concentrated on Durance instead and said : ‘ You saw this the first time on the Jonquil , did n't you ? |
| 17 | You knew all the bloody time ! |
| 18 | I did n't join any of them , I kept independent the whole time I was there . |
| 19 | ‘ Betty Gilling took one the same time as me , but Reverend Morey knows there 'll be no troubles there . |
| 20 | " He kept telling me I could n't get pregnant the first time , but I did . " |
| 21 | Every holiday we had after the honeymoon was Scotland and rain , or Devon and tea-rooms , or the Lake District where you can have tea-rooms and rain all the same time . |
| 22 | I only got sixty and I did n't get any the last time . |
| 23 | have sixty but I did n't get any the last time . |
| 24 | ‘ But when you go on telly there has to be some compromise , like I swear all the f—ing time , but that does n't bother me , I do n't feel like I 'm selling my life away just to get on the telly . ’ |
| 25 | Well , she had wanted him to be hopping mad the next time she saw him , and she was pretty sure she 'd succeeded . |
| 26 | ‘ I hit it very hard but I remained conscious the whole time . ’ |