Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's OK cos I got another another time wo n't we ? |
| 2 | I wandered one more time round the whole place , seeing the sunlight slant in through the barred unopenable windows ( which would keep people out as well as horses in ) , smelling the sweet hay and the faint musty odour of the horses themselves , feeling the swirls of fresh air coming from the rows of small ventilators along the roof , hearing the creaking and rushing noises in the car 's fabric and the grind of the electricity-generating wheels under the floor . |
| 3 | My dogs were frantic , and so was I , I hauled one last time , the line came back two centimetres , the hook came free and the dogs roared away . |
| 4 | Because he had the right attitude , he did n't quibble , he did n't moan he did n't criticize , he just got on with the job , and is n't that a little area that we can all work on somewhere , it comes down to that little bit of territory even , does n't it , if we 're given in the ministry and we say oh not there again , I worked that last time , I know that person in that house they 're all working , called on them and when they , I just do n't get , I just do n't get on with them , they 're not me at all , you see , we , we can go on and on in all kinds of areas ca n't we in the truth , but what an attitude to have and I thought this was a lovely expression here , look , erm , on page twenty seven , just about a third of the way down on the right hand side , he says as I have opportunity , I encourage new ones at that , that would take advantage of all privileged service , they 're given , and to learn to be content , and happy with it and just in the next paragraph at the end he says be happy and content in your present circumstances and blossom in a spiritual way in the soil where you are planted is n't that a lo a lovely expression , does n't that show a man who is spiritually alive and alert and awake , and is n't that how we should be , would n't the congregation flow and move along forward , so much better and more unitedly if we all have that lovely attitude that Jehovah service , no matter what it is , we ca n't all be public speakers , we ca n't all be giving a public talk at the district assembly can we ? |
| 5 | I lodged all this time at a lodging-house in Kent Street . |
| 6 | I saw this some time ago . |
| 7 | Af , I thought that first time would be the last , but since this , Steve 's been dropping in during the day while my son and daughter are at work . |
| 8 | I had all this time neither seen nor heard anything ; nevertheless , I was convinced that the tigress was watching me . |
| 9 | ‘ And I threw back the bedclothes before I had any more time to think about it and burst out of the bed ; threw myself into the middle of the bedroom , screaming and roaring and thrashing about . ’ |
| 10 | I had three last time . |
| 11 | Alright , so learn those but also learn the ones that you got wrong this time , you 've got , you had one , two , three , four , five , six there , one after the after , in fact you had seven almost in that list there , and they 're the ones you 've really got to learn Lucy , right , right , so let's erm |
| 12 | She recalled that fatal time when she had wept because she knew she had diminished Jack , had demoted him , had cracked the perfect image , had lodged in her mind that little black poisonous atom . |
| 13 | She walked one last time down the rickety boardwalk in front of the cabins , and stood for a long time looking down at the sleeping lodge , the moody lake beyond it . |
| 14 | She bowed one final time , and turned to go . |
| 15 | Amaranth , who loved his clean-cut looks , rewarded him with a blinding smile , and said she had much more time for Disraeli . |
| 16 | Have you got fifty , cos you had thirty last time did n't you . |
| 17 | You had that last time . |
| 18 | Just looked at it , cos we got that this time . |
| 19 | There was less violence , the ‘ appels ’ were not so severe , and we spent much more time in the classroom doing theoretical work for our exams . |
| 20 | We spent some more time moving around Leicester , going from tavern to tavern trying to discover if anyone else had seen Irvine 's strange companion . |
| 21 | Mr Chairman er when we discussed this last time er I expressed the view that in fact er the county council had better things to do I 've not changed my mind erm since but I have been reminded that er when er the Roman Emperors er found ascension in the ranks when Roman Emperors found ascension in the ranks they provided bread and circuses and I have to say that I regard the two notices of motion which were placed in Mr notably fox hunting and this debate on V A T as bread and circuses . |
| 22 | So we that meant , say , that I instead of me being away from the property for about two and a half hours , taking the turf back Caffer Cliss we saved all that time . |
| 23 | Just as they had that other time when he had briefly held her , her senses were reacting with a will of their own . |
| 24 | In consequence they had more free time for family and social activities and they found less problems in transferring the farm from father to son because the son could continue his own employment and live in his own house . |
| 25 | The storm lasted for three days , and they stayed all that time with the Darlings in the lighthouse . |
| 26 | They embraced one last time and then he was off , rushing to Ferdinando to help him carry down what he claimed were his ‘ very most precious ’ things . |
| 27 | He tried one more time . |
| 28 | My father was still forced from time to time to act as an interpreter , but from now on he spent much more time at home , rather than meeting his friends in the cafés for a game of cards . |
| 29 | He looked one last time at the car , as it was winched onto the trailer . |
| 30 | And it took all this time to get here . |