Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Nothing can be more exciting than the first time that you are given some flowers , and particularly red roses . |
2 | Charles sat among Charity 's glossy acquaintances , the only uniform in the whole peculiar set of imbibers , perhaps not so peculiar as the last time he 'd dropped in when the Aleister Crowley entourage gave sinister overtones to the entire pub , the ‘ Black Magician ’ himself in his wide black hat sat surrounded by his followers in equally curious clothes . |
3 | They were , if that was possible , even more ferocious than the first time he had kissed her . |
4 | This is really rather unfair because the only time we can really define correctly is in hindsight — when we have already found the solution and are merely inventing a definition that would have led us there ! |
5 | This is most likely as frightening as the first time you prayed out loud . |
6 | Magwitch seemed quieter and more likeable than the last time I had seen him . |
7 | ‘ Yes , he 's trying to make himself look useful so the next time he wants his own name in the paper I 'll remember and do his bidding . |
8 | It will refuse to stand still because the last time we got off it was punished ! |
9 | It was a carbon-copy deed , just as terrible as the first time . |
10 | But the second time , they tell me , is n't as good as the first time when you go . |
11 | And to be fair to you I 'm again going to give you a few minutes to talk about that , not quite as long as the other time , then I 'll ask you to jot a couple of things down as well as , so I 'm just telling you in advance . |
12 | You can extend this time if necessary to have it happen at a suitably dramatic moment ; the staging of the event is more important than the exact time . |
13 | He looked anxious , more white-faced and sober than the last time Athelstan had seen him . |
14 | She did n't know ; all she knew was that she adored him more than before and she wanted him more desperately , therefore inevitably she was going to be more hurt than the first time . |
15 | Not that they expected anything other than a hard time when they visited Barnsley . |
16 | The net effect is that , each time , the perihelion is a little further round than the last time — or , to put it another way , the perihelion advances . |
17 | It was less acrimonious than the first time , but much more painful . |
18 | His caution had proved right when a short time later the sounds of gunfire , explosions , shouting and crashing pursuit had erupted in the woods , coming from the direction in which most of the escaping sect heavies had headed . |
19 | This , though it is everywhere as various and as changeable as the biographical time which Bakhtin finds in classical Greek literature , can nevertheless still be identified as a distinctive and possibly definitive generic shift . |
20 | Once again she suffered badly from morning-sickness although it was n't as bad as the first time . |