Example sentences of "[subord] the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were , if that was possible , even more ferocious than the first time he had kissed her . |
| 2 | I 'm a lot better than the last time you saw me . |
| 3 | ‘ We have a quality street team to welcome the Aussies , ’ said Probyn , ‘ and I intend to go one better than the last time I faced them — the World Cup final 12 months ago . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You do n't look a day older than the last time I worked with you . ’ |
| 5 | Magwitch seemed quieter and more likeable than the last time I had seen him . |
| 6 | He looked even paler and weaker than the last time I had seen him . |
| 7 | His gravelly Scots voice pleased her more than the last time she met him . |
| 8 | Nothing she 'd care to trust too far , but it made the atmosphere a lot easier than the last time she 'd been in here with the door closed . |
| 9 | I was already enough of an expert to recognise it — people had begun to give me books about birds of prey , so the first time I heard this sorrowful sound I searched through my books until I found out what it was . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , he 's trying to make himself look useful so the next time he wants his own name in the paper I 'll remember and do his bidding . |
| 11 | ‘ Supposing the next time he appears to be suffering from a stomach upset , or a hangover , for that matter , ’ said Rachel thoughtfully , ‘ you were to persuade him to come in here simply for some medication ? ’ |
| 12 | From everything she says , it 's clear this gilgul 's been on the scene for quite a while — there is no way she could have learned what she 's learned , cleaned up her act and become who she is now if the only time she 's had to do it in was the brief interval between our confrontation at the Mephistco stand and her appearance on the beach at Bournemouth . |
| 13 | Wonder if the only time I was , when I saw this , was |
| 14 | Those people whose names you 've just , you 've given me their details from , could I ask you er if the next time you see them if it 's within the next few days or certainly erm if , if you could over the next day or two give them a ring just to let them know that I do intend to contact them , I 'll probably contact them within the next week or so . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's as if the last time you saw me was yesterday . ’ |
| 16 | If the last time you were out for a duck was eating a salade tiéde magret de canard in an austere brasserie , or your most recent celebrated run was rushing to the embrace of the Cricketer 's Arms as last orders was called , pausing briefly to adjust your googlie , all is not lost . |
| 17 | Cos the first time he was on Thursday last week . |
| 18 | Oh it 's so funny , cos the second time he could n't , he came back and I think I was upstairs , and she did n't shut the door and I said all four , cos I 've got to pick her up at five , he said oh , anyway he went back , after dinner he 'd gone back and I said told you about it 's five o'clock , he said are you on me . |
| 19 | Cos the last time we had it going up look certainly was n't satisfactory was it ? |
| 20 | Cos the last time she bought me |
| 21 | Crikey , cos the last time you were down you had that stinker did n't you ? |
| 22 | This is really rather unfair because the only time we can really define correctly is in hindsight — when we have already found the solution and are merely inventing a definition that would have led us there ! |
| 23 | No er not , not really because the only time I , I wa I was in trouble with the police was I was riding a bike without a light . |
| 24 | Because the only time I approached the the man was when my revolver was the holster and the holster was done up . |
| 25 | Michael was not sure , because the only time he had flown , to Dublin , he 'd been sick , aware only of noise and vibration , and his ears behaving strangely . |
| 26 | He 's already lost the sight of his left eye because cocaine starved the retina of blood , and he 's damn lucky not to be totally blind , or even dead , because the next time it could constrict the arteries of his heart or block the blood from reaching his brain . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm leaving now , and I 'm not touching you again tonight , because the next time I touch you I 'll go on touching you . |
| 28 | It will refuse to stand still because the last time we got off it was punished ! |
| 29 | So when I saw James ( true story this ) in Sainsbury 's , I walked up to him , leered , banged him on the elbow with a bottle of freshly squeezed orange juice and said , ‘ Tom Jones ! ’ because the last time I meet him was on the Tom Jones TV programme . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's funny , ’ said Aj , ‘ because the last time I did a project like this I ended up with three tractors in the lake . ’ |