Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] time [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Orynthia lived on , despite it all — off to Honduras again in March , 1840 , where this time it was the cook who ended up in prison : William Rhodes took her out to Fernando Po , Ascension and India in 1841 , and William Cox was master again on a voyage to the Cape and Burma in 1843 , in which year he sold his half-share to Henry Johnson , a City merchant . |
| 2 | And his smile made Shelley blush again , although this time she was n't as angry as last time with him for kissing her . |
| 3 | The effect held up ( although this time it was somewhat smaller ) , and we published the first paper describing the results in 1980 . |
| 4 | She did n't even know his name but she did know that this time she was IN LOVE ! |
| 5 | I think she half meant it , though what she really felt was that this time she was going to wait . |
| 6 | There was of course the complicating factor that this time it was ‘ Mary ’ , not ‘ David ’ . |
| 7 | She looked at him and for a moment he thought that this time it was going to be easy , this time she would believe him and go to sleep . |
| 8 | Unwisely , he was heard to proclaim that this time he was sure to catch the Fawcetts redhanded ( or , more accurately , up to their fetlocks in feathers ) . |
| 9 | And Jimmy knew that this time he was in serious trouble . |
| 10 | Luke Calder would be a bad man to cross , and suddenly she was glad that this time he was on her side and not the opposition 's . |
| 11 | THE ARMY WAS AGAIN TO PERFORM THE SAME SERVICE FOR HIM IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH EXCEPT THAT NEXT TIME IT WAS A GUIDED TOUR OF THE COURSES OF ACTION WHICH WERE NOT OPEN TO HIS GOVERNMENT AS THE GENERAL STRIKE ORGANISED BY THE ULSTER WORKERS ' COUNCIL MOVED TO A CLIMAX . |
| 12 | ‘ They said that last time I was in , but I 'm still ‘ ere , ai n't I ? ’ |
| 13 | This was one of only two occasions Botham tasted victory as England captain , the other being in a one-day game against Australia a year later , and each time he was there at the death . |
| 14 | Just as before , I had spent the intervening three months ‘ supporting ’ myself and this time I was so confident I was able to march into the hospital and into the consulting room certain that whatever I had or had had I was now on top of it . |
| 15 | For once I knew where to get at him and this time I was going to have the matter out with him . |
| 16 | And this time I was n't going to show up . |
| 17 | She caught it again , however , and this time she was borne swiftly backwards . |
| 18 | Julia shook her head , and this time she was not smiling . |
| 19 | Time was getting short ; she must talk to Dana , and this time she was going right to the top . |
| 20 | She was summoned down in exactly fifteen minutes and this time she was more prepared . |
| 21 | In a few hours she would come face to face once more with that same man who was responsible for his death and this time she was intent on making absolutely sure that what had been a teenage crush on her part remained just that . |
| 22 | Switching the engine off , he leaned over and kissed her again , and this time she was waiting for him , kissing him back with an inner longing . |
| 23 | Firmness gave way to nonchalance again and this time it was positively throw-away . |
| 24 | The phone rang again and this time it was my father . |
| 25 | Then , having asked the congregation to pray for him , he paused again … and this time it was evident that it was physical weakness that obliged him to rest . |
| 26 | The young man spoke again , and this time it was clear that he was angry . |
| 27 | Rohmer smiled again , and this time it was as if he 'd just heard the best news of the evening . |
| 28 | We both broke down and this time it was I who held desperately on to you . |
| 29 | ‘ But I 've paid for you ! ’ he said , and this time it was loud enough to stop every conversation within a radius of twenty-five yards . |
| 30 | There was a longish pause and this time it was Wycliffe who spoke first . |