Example sentences of "[det] time [pers pn] have [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I thought at half time I had got it exactly right .
2 But after tonight 's slaughtering of ‘ Bill Is Dead ’ and ‘ Popcorn Double Feature ’ , even repeated mumblings of the old mantra that ‘ Mark Smith is The Fall ’ are unable to erase the feeling that perhaps this time they 've got it wrong .
3 But after tonight 's slaughtering of ‘ Bill Is Dead ’ and ‘ Popcorn Double Feature ’ , even repeated mumblings of the old mantra that ‘ Mark Smith is The Fall ’ are unable to erase the feeling that perhaps this time they 've got it wrong .
4 This time they had to round up more horses which had been living almost wild .
5 This time they had to stop .
6 By this time they had resuscitated him .
7 By this time they had reached the office and as David caught sight of the man sitting beside Rachel 's desk he said , ‘ Is this the patient ? ’
8 The rowing boat near the weir — only this time they had gone too far and Uncle Albert was not strong enough to row them back to safety ; the study at Uncle Albert 's house looking warm and friendly and inviting ; the professor beetle shouting rude instructions at some little beetles that had got into difficulty ; again a glimpse of her uncle 's study ; then a turnstile — one of those that only turn one way , so once you have passed through it you ca n't get back ; playful light beams now shrieking with fear as they hurtle past the window to their destruction ; walking up the down-escalator and not being able to get anywhere ; yet another brief snatch of the study …
9 By this time they had purchased a building which had been I think a a bank or a savings bank or something at Street in Porthmadog .
10 By this time they had left the classroom and were walking down one of the long , high-ceilinged corridors of the Faculty building .
11 This time we 'd sought peace and quiet after a hectic time in Cornwall and Lundy , and the comfortable marina at Neyland was just the job .
12 We can just put it in there , it 's two O two add now this time we 've got N equals six , six O a hundred and one times N added on , six O six , two six two six , okay ?
13 This time we have given the Almanac a few ‘ tweaks ’ to ensure it is even more effective .
14 This time we have to hope that after taking only two points from our first three games in Group I , Scotland will do things in reverse order . ’
15 This time we have remembered to put our contact numbers below .
16 By this time I had developed a gut feeling for the topography of the island .
17 This time I had to take a double dose to return to my old shape .
18 ‘ By this time I had waited about 15 minutes hanging on the phone and the clerk had not confirmed any booking . ’
19 By this time I had begun to learn braille and a more constructive use of my white stick , other than tripping up people who got in my way .
20 By this time I had joined the Scouts and had reached the dizzy heights of Patrol Leader .
21 However , by this time I had outgrown my adolescent appetite for being shocked and had acquired some knowledge of parapsychology .
22 THIRTY-FIVE years later , as these thoughts of my encounters with men in uniform flashed through my mind , the colonel , who by this time I had succeeded in recognising as another former classmate , said to me : ‘ Come and have a coffee ! ’
23 This time I had taken the precaution of tipping off the organizers in advance and swearing them to silence .
24 All this time I had had to try hard not to think of what my parents must have been feeling about my going away .
25 By this time I had released both canoe and paddle as I was much more concerned about my own safety than anything else .
26 This time I 've got no crazy , pointless altruism restraining me , and you must long since have discarded whatever distorted idealism made you believe you had to be faithful to Jones in fact and thought , since you claim to have had at least one other relationship between your spells with him .
27 But this time I 've come to — hopefully — make things happier for everybody .
28 But all this time , all this time I 've thought — she was just gone . ’
29 He had separate orders , each locksmith and at this time I 'd done all the ord whatsit er and this and that and the other and I said what 's next ?
30 By this time I 'd left St. Martins so there was no more grant .
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