Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pig spent the whole time being smacked to and fro , hence ‘ piggie in the middle ’ . |
| 2 | A customer returns a skirt because the zip broke the first time she wore it . |
| 3 | — hit the bottle with a vengeance when the group made the big time . |
| 4 | Mounting economic problems in Japan and Germany , and the London property crisis , could mean that economic revival will be long deferred ; a party whose record made the Financial Times refuse to back it is going to have its work cut out to keep in control . |
| 5 | His finest moment came the first time he opened the hall door to a visitor and , standing a little aside , intoned , " Follow me , sir , " before proceeding with due dignity to announce the guest at the door of the morning room . |
| 6 | Mrs Theresa Briscoe , a widow with a farm within 500 yards of the mine told the Irish Times that since the mine opened she had lost four horses and some fifty cattle and sheep to lead poisoning . |
| 7 | The news gave the one time glamour shares a temporary sparkle , rising 25p to 925p before slipping back to 845p . |
| 8 | The ref said the first time the ball was n't on the spot properly so the kick had to be retaken . |
| 9 | So it 's a matter of keeping the bank advised the whole time . |
| 10 | All that came later , when the Company reached the big time . ’ |
| 11 | One building society chief said the last time interest rates were at this level , Virginia Wade won at Wimbledon and Jim Callaghan was the Labour Prime Minister . |
| 12 | By three-twenty , which was what the alarm clock by the bedside said the last time I looked at it , I have moved on from thinking about Timmy and Cheryl and her children , and Cheryl , and Timmy , and Cheryl 's children , and Timmy , and Timmy , and Cheryl , and Timmy , and begun to think about Summerchild and Serafin , and Serafin , and Timmy , and Serafin , yes , and Serafin . |