Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] time he " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | For a split second he experienced that same numbing fear he had felt the first time he had come under enemy fire . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | How did Doctor Jekyll feel the first time he became Mr Hyde ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | What would Mr Seeders do the next time he came in ? |
| 11 | Patrick says the last time he ran was in Gloucester was in driving wind and rain |
| 12 | They caught him unprepared , before he could blank out his mind , making him remember the last time he had heard that sort of ringing , last Sunday . |
| 13 | I could n't remember the last time he 'd shown me so much affection . |
| 14 | Transfer-listed Davenport could n't remember the last time he 'd played alongside deadly Don in the league . |
| 15 | Blake could n't remember the last time he had sat down . |
| 16 | The author remembers the first time he was left with his first , brand-new child . |
| 17 | His pockets bulged with the prizes he had won at the plastic ducks : a packet of fruit gums , a monkey on a stick that broke the first time he made it jump and three engagement rings with glass stones in them . |
| 18 | Nor do I expect an angler to recognise every bite he feels the first time he tries touch legering . |
| 19 | He remembered the first time he had come there , his first coveted invitation to the home of one of the richest men in West Germany . |
| 20 | As he walked behind the lawnmower he did n't care for , he remembered the first time he 'd ever seen her . |
| 21 | He remembered the last time he had been in this situation . |
| 22 | He remembered the last time he had seen his father — Dermot Corcoran , he corrected himself — alive . |
| 23 | He remembered the last time he had been to see the dentist . |
| 24 | With a pang , he remembered the last time he had eaten fish and chips , the time he had met Irene Pitt . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It was Li Yuan 's horse ; the horse he had ridden the last time he had come . |
| 27 | He had spoken the compliment as though he really meant it , just as he had the first time he 'd said it . |
| 28 | It appeared then that Adam had actually been out shooting the last time he was here . |
| 29 | For those who do become anxious , the problem arises the next time he wants to make love . |
| 30 | For Davenport it represented a personal triumph , following the miserable time he endured while with Boro . |