Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] 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 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 . ’
4 Yeah well they , they sold it at the wrong ti I mean they built it the wrong time did n't they ?
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 It must have been the change in engine tone that woke her a long time later .
9 Leith shook hands with him , but cared not at all for the way he ogled her the whole time .
10 Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 Eventually , he climbed them a second time , very deliberately .
14 Mr Rochester was in such a hurry that he only allowed me a short time to put on my wedding dress and veil .
15 ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her .
16 I hated it the first time .
17 ‘ I heard you the first time , boy . ’
18 ‘ I heard you the first time , ’ her mother said .
19 ‘ Yes , I heard you the first time .
20 Sheldukher killed him a long time ago . ’
21 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 .
22 But I still enjoyed it the second time .
23 We lost ours a long time ago , but some people are still clinging to it , as they would to a piece of wreckage , in the hope that it will remain afloat .
24 Well I actually rang them up to say , why why are you taking my wages into consideration , I did n't break up this marriage , I met him a long time afterwards an I was told by a C S A agent or clerk or whatever , that my wedding was nonessential spending .
25 It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors .
26 It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’
27 It took me a long time to learn to transfer my attention to men .
28 It took me a long time to accept solos at all , and to this day there are still so few lead players that I really like .
29 It took me a long time , years rather than months , to relax enough for anyone to feel they could tell me anything .
30 ‘ It took me a long time to learn a fundamental truth about empowerment .
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