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 | So the men had to be there at the right time you had t ? |
| 4 | He said , just at the right time he decided that he ca n't get bath any more . |
| 5 | Did n't Celia tell you about the awful time she had giving birth to Donna ? ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We went back to do one tour , I guess about a month after we quit , around the actual time he went in the Army . ’ |
| 9 | They had formulated some vague ideas which would let them use this effect to shorten the perceived time it took to play the games they had to play , but the castle clocks , or perhaps the castle itself , seemed unwilling to cooperate . |
| 10 | Unlike the way he had spoken to her earlier , or the previous time they had met . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I was wondering how on earth I should endure these hunting days , especially when they all came back and crowed over me about the jolly time they 'd had , and then I thought , by jove , there 's Alexandra Abbott and she does n't hunt and she made me laugh more than anyone has for years . |
| 14 | She hoped the police would give the two journalists the hard time they deserved . |
| 15 | Even in the little time she had had since yesterday ( and she had sent out at once for gossip papers . |
| 16 | I wanted to buy some blades and socks , but most of all I wanted to avoid arriving back at the flat at the exact time she did , just in case Harvey should be angry at her disobeying him . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | At the present time he told Farrel , he was n't doing anything . |
| 19 | ‘ Do you know that he also saved my life at the very time we met ? ’ |
| 20 | so then the very time he went in I you know , took did n't say anything at all I thought was the best thing . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | One thing she 'd learned from Ace in the short time they 'd been together was to be quick on her feet . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | However , in the short time they flourished , they had an enormous impact , not so much on the towns they joined but on the countryside through which they passed . |
| 26 | A great girl and we were very happy for the short time we had . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | In the short time he had been aboard , he had undressed . |
| 29 | She was good fun to be with and easy to talk to , and in the short time he 'd known her she had shown a ready sense of humour . |
| 30 | In the short time I talked with him , I saw that he had lost none of his character . |