Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adj] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was lucky this time , but have learned my lesson . |
| 2 | The thing is , I was lucky this time , but I 've had to tell Travis that he must never ring me here again . ’ |
| 3 | I was sick three times as I was trying to get ready . |
| 4 | about ten past one , well I had indigestion all night and I could feel it , and we 'd had our tea and I thought oh I do n't know , but I went to bed feeling alright and suddenly I woke up I thought oh my god I 'm gon na be sick , I come running down stairs , but you know I was , I was sick but I know I had n't finished and I 'd sat down and I was sick three times . |
| 5 | I was amazed each time by how much . |
| 6 | ‘ You were lucky that time . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , you were lucky this time , ’ her uncle said sternly . |
| 8 | ‘ You were lucky last time ! ’ she screamed . |
| 9 | As an heiress she was a valuable commodity in the Elizabethan marriage market , and she was married three times , to well-connected younger sons approved by the Hastings family . |
| 10 | They were correct 92 times out of Ill , indicating very good awareness of the amount of time elapsed . |
| 11 | ‘ You understand what Teacher Peng really is ? ’ he had said to Meg when they were alone one time . |
| 12 | He told me however that two years before he had had his journal stolen and written it out again and that it was better second time around . |
| 13 | It was Grand National time and he could n't think of anything but Top Spin Lob . ’ |
| 14 | It was interesting first time out , but after a couple of them I realised it was n't my cup of tea . ’ |
| 15 | Oh it was hard hard times . |
| 16 | It was green last time you I asked you . |
| 17 | It was some considerable time before this was completed . |
| 18 | It was unanimous last time and it looks like going the same way this time , especially after Joe Punter saw the new design in the press . |
| 19 | It was different this time . |
| 20 | Just 11 days earlier , the big striker was booed off at Maine Road following a Coca-Cola Cup defeat by Spurs but it was different this time , even though he has not scored a goal since . |
| 21 | Except it was different this time , Jessamy reminded herself as she pulled herself slowly and painfully back to reality . |
| 22 | Errol Flynn claimed to have spent at least 13,000 nights in the arms of one women or another and although he was married three times , he spent most of his time away from his wives and children . |
| 23 | He was married three times : to Margaret , daughter of Joseph Gatey of Keswick , Cumberland , in 1869 , who died in 1877 and by whom he had two daughters ; to Jessy Henrietta , daughter of James Stewart of Clapham , Yorkshire , in 1880 , who died in 1904 ; and to Florence Maude , daughter of the Revd Robert Daniel of Osbaldwick , Yorkshire and widow of Colonel J. Lawson Whalley , in 1909 . |
| 24 | He was married three times . |
| 25 | He was married three times , to Lettice , daughter of Sir Hugh Cholmondeley [ q.v. ] of Cholmondeley , Cheshire ; Elizabeth , daughter of Sir Thomas Wilbraham of Woodhey , Cheshire ; and Elizabeth , daughter of Sir Peter Warburton [ q.v. ] of Grafton , Cheshire . |
| 26 | He was married three times . |
| 27 | An example of this attitude Chris Kissling , who was bowling for Christchurch Old Boys , when he was no-balled several times in one over for his rear foot landing wide of the return crease . |
| 28 | Edward Kawak , who won in four successive years ( 1982-1985 ) , mysteriously representing France , Lebanon and West Germany , was too close for comfort in second place ( he was French this time ) . |
| 29 | A roadside breath test showed he was 2 1/2 times over the legal alcohol limit . |
| 30 | She knew Matthew Blake was the sort of man who did n't make mistakes often , but he was wrong this time . |