Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more people there are helping the less time it takes . |
| 2 | Remembering the first time I 'd done the climb , back in 1964 , an echo of precise-edged delicacy tingled in my mind . |
| 3 | Harbury asked , remembering the previous time he had visited the flat when Oliver had encouraged him to stay and Rain had encouraged him to go . |
| 4 | She knew he was remembering the last time they had drunk Martinis together and what she had said to him then . |
| 5 | Was he too remembering the last time they had decided to keep each other warm ? |
| 6 | Patrick too was watching the shops go by , remembering the last time he had walked down them , it had been early in 1916 , and he had gone out with Mickey — God Rest Him — to buy his mother an Easter gift . |
| 7 | ‘ I really do n't think that 's necessary , ’ Rory began firmly , remembering the last time he had held her in his arms on the dance floor . |
| 8 | She was smiling , remembering the last time she and Jasper had gone out together . |
| 9 | When she did not come , he became angry , remembering the last time she had failed to arrive , on her wedding day . |
| 10 | Fran picked up her bag and went downstairs , remembering the last time she 'd got ready to go out with Luke . |
| 11 | It was a bit perplexing the first time I heard the chant though , because of the other associations that could be drawn from it ! |
| 12 | Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview . |
| 13 | The trouble is , I ca n't for the life of me remember what I was wearing the last time I went to see Angy , or on the day she died . |
| 14 | So before retaliating the next time you 're overtaken by a vehicle with fewer wheels than yours , remember — Reliant Robins have feelings too . |
| 15 | So before retaliating the next time you 're overtaken by a vehicle with fewer wheels than yours , remember — Reliant Robins have feelings too . |
| 16 | They were saying the last time I heard them saying anything he was sort of going |
| 17 | ’ Kilmarnock gave us a doing the last time we played them so we wanted to set the record straight . |
| 18 | Well I must n't keep you talking because the more I , the more I keep you talking the less time you have to do it . |
| 19 | I guess he heard Barbara and me discussing the good time we had with you , and he kind of picked up on it , and he wondered why he could n't come down to the Bahamas and isolate himself from drugs . |
| 20 | That set me watching the next time I was on a flight and to realising what a useful transaction it was . |
| 21 | What she was thinking was that , unlike her memory block with Arnie , she could n't imagine ever forgetting the first time she 'd laid eyes on Guido . |
| 22 | It appeared then that Adam had actually been out shooting the last time he was here . |
| 23 | For Davenport it represented a personal triumph , following the miserable time he endured while with Boro . |