Example sentences of "[noun sg] the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Because those who re-offended went to prison automatically , without the possibility of a non-custodial sentence the next time they were convicted of an imprisonable offence , they might remain in custody for a longer time than would otherwise have been the case .
2 People can enjoy reading about you even if they do n't like your music and if enough of them do , it improves your chances of more coverage the next time you need it .
3 He had a semi-hard-on the whole time he was bathing her , and without warning she grabbed him by it , and led him to the bath .
4 It did sting me a bit the first time I used it but has n't since .
5 But Harry spoke a bit the last time we went , he said So what hire a car .
6 Just take a careful look the next time you are out shopping ; how many people look happy ?
7 Yanto went on to tell Billy about his experience the last time he had used Selwyn 's lavatory .
8 The name of the local pub , Live and Let Live , seemed like a good omen the first time she drove past it .
9 Maybe other irate walkers would bear that in mind the next time they see the army out on an exercise .
10 Dougal was so cold that he dropped the key the first time he put it in the lock .
11 ‘ The — er — Palmer & Pearson job , ’ she interrupted , only then realising that they had barely touched on work the whole time she 'd been with him .
12 I would not expect an angler to hit , or even see , every bite he has on a swing-tip the first time he uses one .
13 I imagined Perkin threading along that trail at night , following the paint quite easily as he 'd been that way already in daylight , and being secretly pleased with himself because if he had inadvertently left any traces of his passage the first time they could be explained away naturally by the second .
14 You were no more than a boy the last time I saw you … twelve , thirteen at the most .
15 ‘ I fell in love with this place the first time I saw it .
16 It was his soft eyes that had put her at ease the first time she met him , when she timidly knocked at his door just a few years ago , the evening when Fred employed a helper and found his future wife .
17 We had to be washed , dressed , have our hair immaculate ( which was difficult because I had to plait mine ) , strip all the bedclothes off our beds ( which seemed totally a pointless exercise and got right up my nose the entire time I was at Styal ) , and fold them to a complicated and immaculate design — sheet , blanket , sheet all wrapped round with the counterpane and put at the end of your bed .
18 ‘ Of course , you did promise Anna that you would take her to Sherwood Forest the next time she and Sam came over on business , ’ he reminded Merrill tauntingly .
19 I had a tremendous struggle to keep my medication the whole time I was in Holloway , and it started again when I went to Styal .
20 If your program needs to find an empty string the first time it is used , you can subsequently assign a null string to it .
21 He did n't say anything of great consequence the last time I left him .
22 They said goodbye to each other and promised not to ignore each other the next time they met .
23 Terrifically glad if you could bear to look in for a drink the next time you 're in town .
24 I 've just spent six months in Cottonvale and I mean its degrading , I mean cos your locked up in a cell from eight o'clock at night till six o'clock in the morning and your not got any toilet facilities you 've got to use a potty if you want to go to the toilet and it is degrading , I mean there 's people in there , well I was a first offender the first time I was in , but I mean there 's people in there seventeen year old that have n't a clue about life in general and it is degrading for them .
25 ‘ You called me a dog the first time you saw me , ’ he said .
26 We fought like cat and dog the whole time we were together — or at least most of the time , ’ she added , remembering , ‘ he made my life an absolute misery ! ’
27 After a while you get when you first start the first time you ever ride a two wheeler and you have someone holding it or you have some stabilizers on till you know what you 're doing .
28 You know how pissed off Kolchinsky was when he got the bill the last time you did that . ’
29 ‘ Dustin made extraordinary sense the first time he ever read the script .
30 of young smokers had been refused cigarettes by the supplier the last time they sought to buy them but that , in 1990 , the figure had risen to 15 per cent .
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