Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [adj] time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Algy used up his measure of luck , I was then given a super navigator with only the sharpest of pencils and the instinct of a homing pigeon who took me through my tour ; he perished the first time he New without me after I was hijacked to Bennett 's staff . |
| 2 | Flaherty said to be sure this was true , although he misremembered the last time they 'd been called on to supply them , it being all of two years since the Wolfkings had been driven out by the Gruagach . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He recalled the first time he had seen the impressive building as a schoolboy on a day 's outing to see the sights of London . |
| 5 | Even now she vividly recalled the first time she saw Nader at the exclusive Royal Club , a dining , gambling and sports centre . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , for goodness ’ sake ! ’ he squeaked the third time it happened . |
| 7 | So Middleton did two sorties I believe , and on each occasion he brought back an aircraft that was no longer capable of flying and was a write-off , it had so much flak and fighter damage , When the same thing happened a second time I had Middleton in and told him that one of his problems was his navigator who was just not able to navigate him round the very heavy flak areas . |
| 8 | But the way he landed the third time I knew he would n't get up again . |
| 9 | His pockets bulged with the prizes he had won at the plastic ducks : a packet of fruit gums , a monkey on a stick that broke the first time he made it jump and three engagement rings with glass stones in them . |
| 10 | A customer returns a skirt because the zip broke the first time she wore it . |
| 11 | The names of Eaux-Bonnes 's hotels still have the old pompous ring to them , the Hôtel d'Orient et d'Espagne , the Hôtel Richelieu , the Hôtel tea Princes ( the ‘ dearest ’ in a ‘ very wealthy little modern town ’ in Hilaire Belloc 's day , but up for sale and miserably vandalized the last time I saw it , in the mid-1980s ) , but their clients are not what they once were . |
| 12 | Again when we went the last time they said that . |
| 13 | I mean which we did the last time we went we went down the , the beach and so on down the |
| 14 | He remembered the first time he had come there , his first coveted invitation to the home of one of the richest men in West Germany . |
| 15 | As he walked behind the lawnmower he did n't care for , he remembered the first time he 'd ever seen her . |
| 16 | She remembered the first time she 'd seen him , striding tall and long-legged into the reception area of the TV station , instantly dominating the place by sheer presence alone . |
| 17 | Amy nodded , her eyes like saucers , and Kathleen remembered the first time she had worked in A and E. |
| 18 | I remembered the last time I had seen him , on the half-landing on the stairs , and how we looked at one another — as if he had sensed it would be our last encounter — and had shaken hands and said goodbye . |
| 19 | He remembered the last time he had been in this situation . |
| 20 | He remembered the last time he had seen his father — Dermot Corcoran , he corrected himself — alive . |
| 21 | He remembered the last time he had been to see the dentist . |
| 22 | With a pang , he remembered the last time he had eaten fish and chips , the time he had met Irene Pitt . |
| 23 | ‘ — well anyway , I remembered the last time she was here this Mrs Heatherington-Scott made a set at Sir Harry Destry , like Thomas said , and — well , we all know what happened that time , do n't we ? |
| 24 | His voice was deep and soft with memories , so that she felt her heart dip , then beat crazily as she remembered the last time she 'd been involved in his research , when he 'd kissed her that morning . |
| 25 | Monday marked the first time he spoke from the Oval Office , sitting at John F Kennedy 's desk , on a national holiday celebrating George Washington 's birthday . |
| 26 | you know what he said the first time we went into sociology I mean I feel a bit like you must of felt then |
| 27 | ‘ Just iced water , thanks , ’ he said the next time she screwed up enough nerve to go back to his table . |
| 28 | in front of them , so I waited until I got home and took me slipper off and whacked his bum , I said the next time I said that 's what 's gon na happen , I said you can do what you like when we go out I said but just remember what you 'll get when we come back |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He said the last time I went out he said was December the fifteenth , I said , and I 'll tell you something else , that was the last time I went out . |