Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] time [pers pn] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began to wonder how much more time he would need to waste before phoning Blanche with the bad news that he had found nothing . |
| 2 | At that particular time I would n't tell them anything , all my all at that particular time is waiting for an appointment to see them . |
| 3 | She stepped sideways , she did n't want to pull away from him but all the same this time she would have liked to wake up from her somnambulism to find herself back in bed with Cati , dreaming of sweetness and lovers ' words , but he pressed close to her , and said , ‘ You ca n't go yet , not yet . |
| 4 | As regards offers , at any one time we would have over 1000 offers available in-store ; these change on a weekly basis and it would be almost impossible to give advance notice to all staff ; we do of course highlight them in-store to customers and many are advertised in the national press or on TV so that customers [ and potential customers ] may be attracted to shop in JS branches . |
| 5 | They did not get many phone calls and any other time she would have rushed out into the hall to see who it was . |
| 6 | At any other time she would have recognised the bitter note of personal experience in his voice , but all she wanted at that moment was to flee before her worst fears were realised . |
| 7 | ‘ In any other time he would have been a pirate or a highwayman . ’ |
| 8 | At any other time I would probably telephone my agent and discuss this point for twenty minutes or so , for it is the kind of marginal detail which intrigues me and has never appeared to bore him . |
| 9 | He left a plate of chocolate biscuits as a peace offering — at any other time it would have been a great treat — and went off with his friends . |
| 10 | ‘ At any other time it would be a pleasure . ’ |
| 11 | In fact , any other time it would probably have terrified her , now she rather welcomed it as a sign that life was normal after all . |
| 12 | She would give to it all that had been withheld from her , pour out her infinite capacity to love knowing that for certain this time it would be needed and valued . |
| 13 | Talking to other mothers I learn that , like me , they too were disgusted and we all agreed that next time we would ask for another consultant . |
| 14 | They also told us that next time they would hold people in custody until the next court sitting . ’ |
| 15 | Taking a room at the YMCA I made side-trips to Victoria , Nanaimo and Seattle , and vowed that next time I would go further south to see San Francisco , Los Angeles , Hollywood and Mexico . |
| 16 | She smiled bravely and replied to the effect that next time she would take care to marry a politician . |