Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not even to the padre next time he came to Ardneavie to hear Confession , Vi thought grimly . |
| 2 | Edwin must have been struck by the contrast each time he climbed the stairs . |
| 3 | Press the button gently but firmly and without jerking the camcorder each time you start and stop . |
| 4 | It is , therefore , essential to calibrate the instrument each time it is used and this process will require a reasonably close-tolerance non-electrolytic capacitor of 1µF . |
| 5 | Learning by discovery does n't mean reinventing the wheel each time you need to move the wagon . |
| 6 | ‘ Okay , but what are ye goin' to say to the priest next time you go to confession , eh ? |
| 7 | The orthodox Jew touches his fingers to his lips , then to the mezuzah each time he enters or leaves his home . |
| 8 | As he quickly washed off Friday night 's mud , he made a mental note not to take it out on the machine next time he got drunk . |
| 9 | Maurin can visit the museum any time he likes . ’ |
| 10 | Unfortunately it is then suggested that you repeat the calibration each time you use the unit . |
| 11 | And each time you come to the exercise each time they says they say Here you are solve read through it with a bit of paper over it . |
| 12 | Tell the lady next time you see her that she can have her chapel . |
| 13 | There was no Madame Eglantine , only a garrulous old man who chattered like a magpie , took the package and said he would hand it over to the lady next time she visited the place . |
| 14 | Yes at the moment another time I was n't going to buy anything from Chile , and er I was asking the young man who was is this from Chile , oh I do n't want them . |
| 15 | For example , if you wish your ‘ commanding ’ child to wait patiently until a more convenient time for her demands to be met , you could reinforce ( reward ) her for waiting for ( say ) ten seconds , subsequently you would reinforce her for waiting for a longer interval of time , gradually increasing the interval each time you ask her to wait . |
| 16 | We replaced the police barrier to prevent a repetition of Sal 's sudden decision to travel sideways , although I had n't seen another car on the hill either time I 'd been there . |
| 17 | But when the puppy fell from the roof and broke its leg , Kalchu bound it to a splint with wool , replacing the bandage each time it slackened , until the bone had set . |
| 18 | If he were aimed specifically at the race another time he would probably go very close . |
| 19 | The main difficulty was that the tinfoil had to be wrapped round the drum each time it was loaded , and it was almost impossible to replace accurately . |
| 20 | Say a decade of the rosary next time you 're tempted to imagine you 're seeing visions and the Devil wo n't be able to harm you . |
| 21 | After ringing the bell several times she reluctantly pushed her husband 's letter through the letter-box — he had very meanly sealed it before she could read it — and took the holdall around to the boiler room at the back of the house . |
| 22 | I knitted two plain white rows between each row of faces and reversed the pattern each time it changed . |
| 23 | The trouble with Quassia ( Letters , November 7 ) is that the extract is unstable , so you need to boil the dry chips for two hours and strain off the liquid each time you need to use it . |
| 24 | an eight , mm , wrong colour , oh when I wanted the bugger last time I could n't see it , could I ? |
| 25 | Payment is made at the hospital each time you visit . |
| 26 | As we have seen , horses can learn some things very quickly , and once learnt it becomes a habit so they do n't have to reconsider the matter each time it arises . |
| 27 | In moving the motion this time I 'm not going to be very passionate like I normally am on on subjects in this council chamber I 'm I 'm actually gon na try and keep , I 'm actually going to try and keep politics down to a low level and er because I believe there conscience on all sides of this chamber . |
| 28 | Gradually increase the number each time you do this set of exercises . |
| 29 | On the way this time it rained , but despite his dragging cloak and the glum faces of the small train he took with him , Nicholas made the journey in a condition of numbness that amounted almost to happiness . |
| 30 | So , I suppose one of them , right , we can make mature , so if you 'd like to put your handset by the side of your phone , do n't put it down , we 'll let that one mature and prove that after 75 seconds we ca n't lose them , and with the other one , can we just prove that we can go back to the conversation any time we like . |