Example sentences of "of the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tells me of the only time he has seen his mother drink ; her infant grandchild vomited on her coat , and she spouted a fine , volatile performance , screaming Christ Almighty the cross a woman has to bear , taking the Lord 's name in vain for the very first time . |
| 2 | At the moment erm because of the extra time we 've got available because production investment has been delayed because of ministerial decisions , we 've set in train three further studies and they will look collectively at alternatives , comparison in combat modelling and also in the numbers and if I could describe those three very briefly because I think they 're the they 're relevant to what we 're talking about . |
| 3 | When Anne left them she thought of the first time she had stood on that corner saying goodnight to John . |
| 4 | It reminded her of the first time she 'd seen him . |
| 5 | Interviewed shortly after the experience by an unknown reporter underneath the bed , she gasped : ‘ God , I was so excited , it reminded me of when I was 13 , of the first time I looked at an unwrapped tampon . |
| 6 | SEEING THE ARTICLE on the ‘ 109 in the July issue of FlyPast reminded me of the first time I saw it . |
| 7 | I have the memories of the last time we loved to carry me through to my grave . |
| 8 | At this rate she might as well give him a blow-by-blow description of the last time they had shared the bench , and save him the trouble of remembering . |
| 9 | The storm was just triggering memories of the last time they had been in a storm together . |
| 10 | He thought of the last time he 'd seen Dad . |
| 11 | He was unprepared for the pain the room gave him , the fierce memory of the last time he had been here , when only that impulse of chivalry , or folly , had prevented him from taking her , as he could have done , from making her his own instead of handing her over to whoever had got her now . |
| 12 | But think of the last time you had a meal out and the service you encountered . |
| 13 | She felt certain then that he must be thinking that if she was any sort of a journalist that she could do quite a write-up out of the considerable time she had just spent walking in his sole company . |
| 14 | And that , in spite of the short time we have known each other , would not be true … ’ |