Example sentences of "only time [pers pn] " in BNC.

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31 It 's the only time I ever saw him .
32 The only time I change the colour of my make-up is when I have a tan .
33 It 's the only time I feel I 've done it properly .
34 Deborah and Elaine are obviously close ; Deborah 's flying entrance on this last remark brought a ‘ The only time I know I look wrong is if Mum says I look ‘ cute' !
35 My stomach says it is hungry and that 's the only time I know .
36 Although there have been many marvellous performances that have meant a great deal to me , the most important to me , without doubt , was the only time I heard my first teacher sing .
37 A fire was lit in the ‘ Front Room ’ ( the only time I had known it to be used ) .
38 The only time I have ever been bitten was when running with a partner who was petrified of dogs .
39 The only time I considered the title of a book was when I found a large number of books from the same library together .
40 ‘ The only time I can remember him with any coat at all was when we wintered him out as a three or four-year old , which we did deliberately to toughen him up . ’
41 I knew that the only time I had actually seen them was when I had wiped or picked away my own pus .
42 It was the only time I was ever frightened on any of the Rambles .
43 That was the only time I 'd seen a stick being used .
44 That 's about the only time I 've liked it here . ’
45 ‘ That was the only time I had contact with him .
46 Why my paternal so-called grandparents had been so stuffy the only time I met them .
47 We clung to each other , the only time I ever remember this happening .
48 They let me get on with my job and the only time I see them is to get things rubber-stamped . ’
49 The only time I took off was the last week of June and the first week in July to watch Wimbledon — yes , we finally bought a TV , and a coloured one to boot , which seemed the height of posh .
50 ‘ The only time I came close to lobbying was when I asked Dave Mannion , a friend for a long time , to tell me if he thought I 'd outlived my usefulness here , then I would slip quietly away .
51 The only time I 've flown was when I paid five bob for a trip in Alan Cobham 's flying circus . ’
52 The only time I do that is when I 'm talking to journalists and they ask me questions about the past .
53 The only time I have written about aesthetics , about my philosophy of art , is in the chapter on I.A. Richards in Tributes .
54 But because I work during the week , Saturday is the only time I have , apart from my lunch hour .
55 It is certainly the only time I have played at a ground with a hovercraft as a pavilion .
56 The only time I had was five hours on the Sunday beforehand , and that was supposed to be a rest day . ’
57 It was the first and only time I walked over to the pavillon , knocked on the door and entered alone .
58 ‘ The only time I saw him was years ago ; he was just a baby with his mother . ’
59 The only time I spoke to the cameras was when me and another woman were in the kitchen and we had to sort of make a conversation .
60 The only time I cry now is in my sleep .
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