Example sentences of "the [adj] time [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's represent the total time it took to evolve all these breeds of dog from a wolf , by one ordinary walking pace . |
| 2 | What always amazes me when we play scrabble I mean , things that I consider to be slang you know , on the odd time I thought well I 'll try that |
| 3 | ‘ That was the forty-seventh time we 'd done those few lines . ’ |
| 4 | So the men had to be there at the right time you had t ? |
| 5 | He said , just at the right time he decided that he ca n't get bath any more . |
| 6 | Did n't Celia tell you about the awful time she had giving birth to Donna ? ’ |
| 7 | During the summer when there was not even a blade of green grass in the paddock , her feed of oats and other goodies became inordinately important to her , to the extent that one day when her dinner had not arrived at the usual time she began to paw at the fence in anxiety . |
| 8 | And for the hundredth time she found it impossible to envisage saying no . |
| 9 | For the hundredth time I cursed Benjamin and wondered desperately what had happened to him . |
| 10 | For the hundredth time he turned over , rearranged his pillows , tried to put his brain into neutral , think of nothing . |
| 11 | As Creggan and Kraal continued to tell their dearest memories , night began to fall and Minch began to plan out what she would do in the limited time she felt she had left to her . |
| 12 | We went back to do one tour , I guess about a month after we quit , around the actual time he went in the Army . ’ |
| 13 | I could n't help remembering : the second time we met she had asked the party at large , ‘ Are there any twin comets ? , |
| 14 | ‘ The second time we came in there was this tremendous bang . |
| 15 | The first time we went without Chrissy , and the second time we did . |
| 16 | It was the second time they had broken up and been reconciled . |
| 17 | This was the second time they had done the walk , and they found it tougher than in previous years . |
| 18 | It was only the second time they had worked together . |
| 19 | It was the second time they 'd searched for her , following sightings in North Oxford . |
| 20 | They were awake before dawn and for the second time they heard the chorus begin as a trickle and grow swiftly to a torrent as the birds welcomed the great Trumpeter . |
| 21 | The second time they did this , it suddenly came home to Grant just how terrified Jim Miller and his pal must have been , unarmed and defenceless , the night they had made their escape bid . |
| 22 | In one group of eight , half chose to go in for their first farrowing ; the second time they farrowed , all eight went in . |
| 23 | After the second time she fell asleep , on her front , her face against his chest . |
| 24 | Although the appeals came when Russia was not yet ready to advance , for the second time she went immediately and unhesitatingly to the aid of her allies . |
| 25 | After the second time she stared up at him , her eyes wide . |
| 26 | And we started her off and she went round and as she went past the second time she said I ca n't stop ! |
| 27 | It was only the second time she had taken part and this race , taking less than ten minutes , had been a particularly fast one , but as she said , it was a family tradition to take part in it and she had really enjoyed it . |
| 28 | For the second time she had burned her boats . |
| 29 | and then the second time she had it done |
| 30 | the second time she had it done and then , they had to remove it because she went down to seven stone |