Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.

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1 Where I used to live , when they evacuated me the first time . ’
2 Cos it helped me the last time .
3 ’ Aye , ye mentioned somethin' the last time I wis up . ’
4 But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’
5 The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer .
6 Well I think there in , well they ca n't go together , told you the last time you was here , they ca n't go on holiday together .
7 ‘ You still believe I rejected you the first time , do n't you ? ’
8 Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away .
9 She closed the lid ; when the catch failed to operate , she slammed it a second time with a violence that made several of the slumberers lift their heads .
10 So she told us the last time she was round she was going on a course for that sort of thing and she said now would you like to try it said fair enough .
11 Eventually , he climbed them a second time , very deliberately .
12 ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her .
13 I hated it the first time .
14 ‘ I heard you the first time , boy . ’
15 ‘ I heard you the first time , ’ her mother said .
16 ‘ Yes , I heard you the first time .
17 A lass in Low Newton hanged herself the second time I was in there .
18 So , ‘ Goodnight , ’ she bade him a second time , her goodnight this time , however , sounding husky and hasty as she started to hurry back to her room .
19 But I still enjoyed it the second time .
20 I said then all you have to do is tell her how much she hurt you the last time
21 to me that 's where they took her the first time , they did n't take her right on the the roads , you know , the first time she 'd
22 He had gained a sense of humour , or perhaps of irony , since Blanche questioned him the first time .
23 And I like Lovejoy , except I 've missed but they 're repeats , but I never saw it the first time .
24 We saw it the last time in action on the weekend of the French vote on Maastricht — harnessing all our resources to serve the viewer and listener in a way no-one else can .
25 The Duty Officer made it a fifth time , glanced , not without anxiety at the brief-case , momentarily at Frau Nordern , then with relief , over her shoulder , and jerked his lumps and bumps .
26 As he walked downstairs , he read it a third time to make sure .
27 But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’
28 See the towels she gave me the last time .
29 ‘ The map I gave you the last time . ’
30 When he did it a second time , I put the light out .
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