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Example sentences of "time i have [verb] a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I 've lost count of the times I 've made a good catch and returned the next night ( or day as the case may be ) only to blank or , at best , catch a fraction of the previous night 's catch .
2	By this time I had developed a gut feeling for the topography of the island .
3	For just a short time I had become a part of the village community on a day that ‘ introduces everybody to everybody else ’ .
4	It was the first time I had seen a ship built from scratch and it was quite an experience to watch the steel plates being cut by their ingenious machine which controlled a cutter as it drew our the required shapes direct from the blueprint , converting everything to full scale as it cut .
5	The last time I had seen a white rose had been in that filthy room in the Tower .
6	And they started that and they were sent out to this big villa and er that was the first time I had seen a continental headboard and er we could n't understand what it was you know .
7	This time I had to take a double dose to return to my old shape .
8	It was the first time I had taken a close look at him .
9	He said : ‘ The only other time I had to deliver a baby was during my time in the Army .
10	For some time I had nourished a wish to write a war memoir , and after a while , and with the approach of the fifteenth anniversary of the start of the war , the desire became urgent .
11	This was the first time I had used a vauDe tent and I was impressed with its performance .
12	At one time I had bought a chalet just outside Interlaken .
13	Norwich manager Dave Stringer said : ‘ This is the second time I 've lost a semi-final and it does n't get any easier to accept .
14	‘ This is the first time I 've had a chance to talk to you on your own , ’ he said thoughtfully , a speculative gleam in his hazel eyes .
15	The first time I 've had a chance to have a look through this so could I erm
16	Right okay what I this will be the first time I 've had a look at er a little bit more of your background so erm while I 'm doing that , although you may have already inside information , I I guess you 'd seen the brochure before had you ?
17	But at the same time I 've got a cartoon girl I 'm dying to get it on with .
18	I mean I know in about four months ' time I 've got a meeting in my diary with Alan .
19	Never had an occasion to use , well the only time I 've used a newspaper as far as I know this afternoon when I emptied the bag .
20	‘ Well , fishing is my hobby , but it 's the first time I 've caught a squirrel .
21	the first time I 've taken a pill for years and years and she said , my taste and my smell
22	All I could do was write a letter , and by the time I 'd written a letter and it got where it was going and a reply got back , a week or two weeks could have gone by .
23	That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry .
24	That was the only time I 'd seen a stick being used .
25	Another 48 Hours was done out of fear because Harlem Nights was the first time I 'd had a movie that flopped .
26	I have tried everywhere in the Legion , but every time I have hit a brick wall . ’
27	‘ This is the first time I have made a gramophone recording at Watford — I 've done film music here , but I think the sound of this is going to be amazing , ’ he said .
28	I have been breeding Neons for around twenty years , and during this time I have evolved a set procedure which enables me to successfully raise the fish in sufficient numbers .
29	Indeed , this is the first time I have found a photographer reveal the position he was in when he took a particularly impressive shot of slime mould , for example .
30	I usually find , though , that I have done so much walking and sightseeing during the day that , by the time I have had a meal and a bath , I am quite happy to read in bed for an hour and then go to sleep .