Example sentences of "the [adj] time [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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1 | So the men had to be there at the right time you had t ? |
2 | Did n't Celia tell you about the awful time she had giving birth to Donna ? ’ |
3 | It was the second time they had broken up and been reconciled . |
4 | This was the second time they had done the walk , and they found it tougher than in previous years . |
5 | It was only the second time they had worked together . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | For the second time she had burned her boats . |
8 | and then the second time she had it done |
9 | the second time she had it done and then , they had to remove it because she went down to seven stone |
10 | and the second time she had it done it was very unfortunate because I |
11 | It was the second time I had failed to finish an AAA Championship and I vowed to do better . |
12 | ‘ And the first time we performed it was a screamer , Miss Greene — what doom … and the second time I had not learned my part , not at all , and they said , ‘ If you are going to corpse continually … ’ ’ |
13 | The second time I had a affair , I learned a lesson which was even more valuable , albeit terribly painful . |
14 | A packed City Hall did not have long to wait as Lewis roared in with several more stinging rights and left hooks and when Garber was floored for the second time he had no chance of beating the count . |
15 | That was the second time he had been saved from drowning . |
16 | He had been twice into Ruane 's office , and the first time the block had been polite , and the second time he had been told rather less politely to sit on his hands and wait , like everybody else had to . |
17 | It was the second time he had heard the term . |
18 | It was the second time he had ignored the ban — he competed in a road race in Cardiff last month . |
19 | Unlike the way he had spoken to her earlier , or the previous time they had met . |
20 | Harbury asked , remembering the previous time he had visited the flat when Oliver had encouraged him to stay and Rain had encouraged him to go . |
21 | His kiss had thrilled and excited her , and the brief time she had spent in his arms had only increased her desire , leaving her aching to know him better . |
22 | It was the worst time he had ever lived through . |
23 | Even in the little time she had had since yesterday ( and she had sent out at once for gossip papers . |
24 | I guess he heard Barbara and me discussing the good time we had with you , and he kind of picked up on it , and he wondered why he could n't come down to the Bahamas and isolate himself from drugs . |
25 | The more time she had to lick her wounds , the better . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | Julia , who had come to understand a little of Allegra Wallington 's character in the short time they had spent together , was as anxious as David to prevent that happening . |
28 | It was surprising , she thought , how well the local people seemed to have accepted Joanna and herself , considering the short time they had been there . |
29 | A great girl and we were very happy for the short time we had . ’ |
30 | He was n't very fond of the river Wye , for its rocky crevasses had claimed too many young lives even during the short time he had been there . |