Example sentences of "the [adj] time we [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That was the forty-seventh time we 'd done those few lines . ’ |
| 2 | I could n't help remembering : the second time we met she had asked the party at large , ‘ Are there any twin comets ? , |
| 3 | ‘ The second time we came in there was this tremendous bang . |
| 4 | The first time we went without Chrissy , and the second time we did . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Do you know that he also saved my life at the very time we met ? ’ |
| 7 | A great girl and we were very happy for the short time we had . ’ |
| 8 | The shortest time we had one last was three days . |
| 9 | ‘ The first time we met I thought she was gorgeous but I did n't ask for her phone number because I imagined every man must do that . |
| 10 | With Keith , I fell head over heels in love with him from the first time we met , and I 'd only been going out with him two weeks and he asked me to get engaged . |
| 11 | ‘ I set your name up on the account the first time we met . |
| 12 | He 'd got your number the first time we met . |
| 13 | ‘ Something was bothering you the first time we met , and you kept quiet about that , too . |
| 14 | Hell , the first time we met you were bringing in some by-hand-of-bearer letter telling us we were trying to depose the monarchy devalue the pound and make the natives play baseball instead of cricket . |
| 15 | ‘ Y-you asked me that the first time we met . ’ |
| 16 | He really did n't like it the first time we played it , so he tried spoiling it . |
| 17 | I 'll tell you about Penny Lane , my tiniest youth , I was tiny , so tiny , too tiny to spit on , and my friend Chock who lived in the bathroom radiator , hissing low inside my head , shrivelling at the clink of my mother 's heels in the hallway , holding his breath , whispering , a lady is coming , dancing to the plaid of the bathroom tiles and to the records my father played ; and the first time we heard ‘ Penny Lane ’ , we knew we had heard it before . |
| 18 | The first time we went , Marie wore her bra and knickers , but she was told off for that , so she bought this real nice swimming costume . |
| 19 | ‘ The first time we went he looked at the dog and showed no interest . |
| 20 | ‘ I remember the first time we went to bed and did the business . |
| 21 | ‘ Anyway , ’ my girlfriend said , ‘ the first time we went out for dinner , you did n't pay for me . |
| 22 | The first time we went on strike in 1976 to obtain a collective contract , the North American manager said to the strike committee : " You do n't need a trade union here — this is a factory full of women ! " |
| 23 | The first time we went out was to the pictures and we did n't say a word to each other all night . |
| 24 | ‘ I mean , to have a German plane shot down the first time we went up . ’ |
| 25 | He took me out last Sunday and I said as we were driving over to Lavenham , I said an early would be much appreciated , I said I cooked the Sunday Lunch for my lodgers , but I have n't , in fact , had any myself he said you 've got to have a high tea , he said you must have a proper meal and he ordered up salad and a a ham salad and have this and have that and have the other , where as some of them like this chap Gerald who was erm sent me by one of the other agencies the first time we went out he took me to a meal and he obviously felt that quite enough , after that he used to come out to see me after he 'd had his meal meanness , hanging onto money ! |
| 26 | The first time we went without Chrissy , and the second time we did . |
| 27 | But the first time we went |
| 28 | you know what he said the first time we went into sociology I mean I feel a bit like you must of felt then |
| 29 | The first time we went |
| 30 | Well the first time we went when we went all together did n't we ? |