Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All afternoon Fiona kept me close by her side , looking around for me any time I fell a step behind . |
| 2 | ‘ Could you ask Francisco to find the woman who looked after the shop for me last time I was ill ? ’ |
| 3 | When Smith finally resumed his studies at Oxford he managed to compress his delayed undergraduate career into just 18 months , during which short time he won the university 's most prestigious classics prize and gained first class honours in both classics and mathematics . |
| 4 | Nigel was sufficiently worried about my feeble attempts towards the top of the ascent that he got below me each time I had to turn and pushed me forward into the slope . |
| 5 | But the new game she had invented of punishing one or both of them each time they were beastly to her made her life more or less bearable . |
| 6 | Picking up the rod determined not to make a hash of it this time I engaged the bail arm and belted the take . |
| 7 | It also made me realise that it was stupid to waste any part of what little time we all have left in silly sulks . |
| 8 | It ca n't have been very convenient for you that time he rang up in the middle of the night drunk after someone else 's party . ’ |
| 9 | Pool will be with me next time I enter this wonderful TARDIS . ’ |
| 10 | You would n't like her to be furiously angry with you next time you pop in . ’ |
| 11 | He must have taken them back with him last time he was here . ’ |
| 12 | Should he tax the Hungarian with it next time they met , or keep his knowledge up his sleeve ? |
| 13 | Glennis O'Connor , a secretary in London 's East End , whose son Conrad is now 14 months , says , ‘ I had a horrible time trying to breastfeed — I had one nipple that was so sore it felt like hot pepper was being rubbed into it each time I fed Conrad . |
| 14 | In my spare time I saw a lot of John Keay , an Agriculture graduate of the U. of Saskatchewan and a good friend , as well as Jerry Harwood and Quincey Moffat with whom I was closely associated in organizing the annual Boys ' Parliament elections . |
| 15 | In my spare time I was taking boat parties out from Mid Yell , and I ‘ used ’ that animal all summer , rarely failing to find it . |
| 16 | In my spare time I wrote stories , painted wonderful illustrations , and made magazines , with crossword puzzles and problem pages . |
| 17 | I would I 'd like to be a dance teacher when I grow up and in my spare time I would do I would like to do dancing and swimming . |
| 18 | In my spare in my spare time I 'd like to be , like to do dancing and swimming . |
| 19 | ‘ In my own time we 've lost four cham always do so well before losing our way in the second half . |
| 20 | In their own time they were often called ‘ Condition of England Novels ’ , because they addressed themselves directly to the state of the nation . |
| 21 | In her spare time she managed to complete her Master of Education degree , writing a thesis on African education . |
| 22 | In her spare time she makes and decorates cakes of different shapes and sizes for all occasions . |
| 23 | In her spare time she writes . |
| 24 | In her spare time she does some translation from French . |
| 25 | In her spare time she also plays the piano and harp and goes horse-riding . |
| 26 | ‘ If Sabine Jourdain could have broken away from him any time she chose , it must be equally true that Durance could have torn himself from those admirers . ’ |
| 27 | In his spare time he reads social science journals and contemporary Hungarian literature , or cooks for his family or friends . |
| 28 | As his course of study at the School of Architecture , University of Manchester , demanded a period of practical training in an architect 's office , William Assheton decided to spend this time working in Coventry so that in his spare time he could design and supervise the conversion of the chapel into a dwelling for his own use . |
| 29 | In his spare time he sat with the Bookman in the spots of sun on the shelves or hunted for Mould to ask him if he could borrow some of his tools . |
| 30 | During the day John worked in the cotton trade , and in his spare time he devoted his energy to music and various activities , such as acting as the secretary for cricket clubs , always with the intention of promoting his business career . |