Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the playback that in fact erm as has said it showed me what in fact I was doing right and wrong , erm I 've been on television before once when I was running the London marathon but this time it was actually me and me alone in a work element and I could in fact see what I was doing and why I was doing it and understand in fact the corrections from the morning to in fact the afternoon presentation when I came back for the second one . |
| 2 | It was still the strongest weapon in my armoury but this time I added two pounds of black treacle to the mixture . |
| 3 | She took no interest in Rain but this time she did not care about Oliver either , or anyone else . |
| 4 | ‘ Madonna likes being in the eye of the storm but this time she was safely tucked away in New York . ’ |
| 5 | Three times , local architect Val Welham offered 110,000 pounds of her own money but each time it was rejected . |
| 6 | It was the second Cultural Revolution but this time it came from the students and the workers and this time it was nonviolent , peaceful , gentle . |
| 7 | It had never hurt before in anything but high jump but this time it hurt long jumping . |
| 8 | It was fortunate that there was no bother on Sunday morning but next time we might not be so lucky . |
| 9 | For younger children , play the same game but this time they can hit the ball with their hands to keep it in the air . |
| 10 | After it 's over we cut to another scene and there 's somebody who might be the little guy again and he 's still strapped to a chair but this time it 's a tall hospital chair with wheels and a little fold-away table in front of him and the straps holding his torso would be easy to undo but his hands are limp . |
| 11 | Things have got out of hand in the past but this time it 's just a fashion show , ’ said Mrs Deborah Keily of the NSPCC , which hoped to raise £20,000 from the show . |
| 12 | Several times they set out to make their way across by what seemed to be a path but each time they were forced to stop . |
| 13 | He took her hand but this time he did n't raise it to his lips . |
| 14 | He says normally he would have lost the cost but this time it stayed there . |
| 15 | He did play really well in the Championship year but any time I saw him last year he seemed to be nervous on the ball , surely not a good thing for a Centre Half . |
| 16 | After almost three decades of wash 'n' wear hair , the good old shampoo and set is back with a vengeance but this time it 's easier to achieve and much kinder to your hair . |
| 17 | Most years that is an uninteresting financial speech but this time it is crucial . |