Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more people there are helping the less time it takes . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps it is time we discussed the rules that will govern the unfortunate time we spend together until I return you to Milano tomorrow . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I was fiercely aroused the whole time we were talking . |
| 4 | In the promenade bus-shelter they broke the window they had n't broken the last time they 'd visited it . |
| 5 | Yeah it is , I mean the first time I bought it |
| 6 | On one of these trips to London when I was at school , good when we went with the Brownies , I went two or three times and er , one time when I was a bit older , I mean the first time I went as I say I was only about seven , but , when I was a bit older I went again , they said if |
| 7 | perhaps she 's mellowed now , I mean the last time she went on with it , about it , was probably over a year ago , but she 's still going on about it definitely a year ago not just |
| 8 | do n't matter , it just feels clean , I 've had it short and shaped , have a good shape on it and do you know the next time you have it cut I do n't know you want looking at , now the next time you go , go to the Darrow in Milford yeah because you 're in problems and they know you need it because he 'll give you a good shape on it and then you have it shaped once a month or once every three weeks or once a fortnight and keep it looking nice that way and it 's four pounds , four ninety nine , four ninety , four seventy five yeah but just keep it nice and shaped and it wo n't look any different , there ai n't nothing wrong with it mm mm mm no no right , right , right tra la |
| 9 | Algy used up his measure of luck , I was then given a super navigator with only the sharpest of pencils and the instinct of a homing pigeon who took me through my tour ; he perished the first time he New without me after I was hijacked to Bennett 's staff . |
| 10 | I 've forgotten the last time we really enjoyed ourselves together and sat down to a meal uninterrupted by telephone calls . ’ |
| 11 | times , I forget the first time I had her . |
| 12 | Du n no people have said like that will last a really short time or a really long time , but what 's considered a short time I know what a long time is , a long time is like sort of four months three sort of four months onwards in n it for like people our age , what would a short time be they ? |
| 13 | Probably applied the same time I did . |
| 14 | Flaherty said to be sure this was true , although he misremembered the last time they 'd been called on to supply them , it being all of two years since the Wolfkings had been driven out by the Gruagach . |
| 15 | It was not difficult for Laura to remember the first time she had set eyes on Ross Wyndham , because it had also been the day of her cousin 's wedding . |
| 16 | For a split second he experienced that same numbing fear he had felt the first time he had come under enemy fire . |
| 17 | Tsu Ma knelt down and held his shoulders , nodding , remembering how he had felt the first time he had seen the ritual , not then knowing what was happening , nor why . |
| 18 | die the first time they 've tried it |
| 19 | How did Doctor Jekyll feel the first time he became Mr Hyde ? |
| 20 | Remembering the first time I 'd done the climb , back in 1964 , an echo of precise-edged delicacy tingled in my mind . |
| 21 | Harbury asked , remembering the previous time he had visited the flat when Oliver had encouraged him to stay and Rain had encouraged him to go . |
| 22 | She knew he was remembering the last time they had drunk Martinis together and what she had said to him then . |
| 23 | Was he too remembering the last time they had decided to keep each other warm ? |
| 24 | Patrick too was watching the shops go by , remembering the last time he had walked down them , it had been early in 1916 , and he had gone out with Mickey — God Rest Him — to buy his mother an Easter gift . |
| 25 | ‘ I really do n't think that 's necessary , ’ Rory began firmly , remembering the last time he had held her in his arms on the dance floor . |
| 26 | She was smiling , remembering the last time she and Jasper had gone out together . |
| 27 | When she did not come , he became angry , remembering the last time she had failed to arrive , on her wedding day . |
| 28 | Fran picked up her bag and went downstairs , remembering the last time she 'd got ready to go out with Luke . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He recalled the first time he had seen the impressive building as a schoolboy on a day 's outing to see the sights of London . |