Example sentences of "and [adv] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modigliani worked on the painting , an unusually long time for him and perhaps the only time when he agreed to ‘ continue ’ a painting . |
| 2 | This is the first and perhaps the last time that I shall desire it . |
| 3 | It is only the fifth time in the post-war history of the tournament that this has happened , and only the third time there has been a First Division v Second Division clash in each semi-final . |
| 4 | And believe me , being young , say between 18 and 30 , is far and away the best time to travel . |
| 5 | As you will appreciate , the best and possibly the only time to carry out such projects is the spring/ early summer period , partly because of the weather , partly because volunteers tend not to be available in the summer . |
| 6 | Moving the iron back and forwards the whole time . |
| 7 | and then the second time she had it done |
| 8 | We got bread , no we got bread and then the only time we got chips was in the middle of the week . |
| 9 | And then he talked to his family , and then the third time I asked him again , and he still said it was okay , and so we did it . |
| 10 | And then the next time I 'll probably give you some intervals and ask you what they are . |
| 11 | Not doubling it , not trebling it , but to improve it by something like five or ten percent , and then the next time we go to a sales conference , you 'll be the ones winning the prizes , instead of the people who 've to be winning the prizes , because you 'll not have to improve it by much to win the prizes do you ? |
| 12 | And then the next time , a few years later he 'd got it back |
| 13 | Sole , however , was critical of the extensive travelling which the itinerary imposed on the Scots , with a four-hour flight between the first and second venues , Darwin and Brisbane , and then the same time on to Hobart … from one extreme to the other in less than a week . |
| 14 | And then the last time ; that had turned out to be a walk on the wild side . |
| 15 | For the first and almost the only time in the Second World War , there was what can fairly be described as a generally pervading popular ‘ war mood ’ , disdaining any premature and presumed over-generous peace with Britain , and even somewhat disappointed with Hitler 's new and ‘ final ’ peace offer of 19 July , aimed at assuaging world opinion . |
| 16 | And sadly the first time he flew without me he perished , leaving Bob Pointer and myself wondering why events in our puny lives are so ordained and arranged as to inflict the maximum hurt at a time like that . |