Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adj] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | After I run away again , I 'ad real hard times and was nearly starvin' the night you walked into me and did me ankle in . |
| 2 | But I did n't get married four times because I like trolling down the aisle , I got married four times because I like the idea of being married and I like sharing my life with a man . |
| 3 | That 's OK cos I got another another time wo n't we ? |
| 4 | I tried many many times , and hundreds and hundreds of ways to find him , and the man just does n't exist , or I 've been told he does n't exist . |
| 5 | I wandered one more time round the whole place , seeing the sunlight slant in through the barred unopenable windows ( which would keep people out as well as horses in ) , smelling the sweet hay and the faint musty odour of the horses themselves , feeling the swirls of fresh air coming from the rows of small ventilators along the roof , hearing the creaking and rushing noises in the car 's fabric and the grind of the electricity-generating wheels under the floor . |
| 6 | My dogs were frantic , and so was I , I hauled one last time , the line came back two centimetres , the hook came free and the dogs roared away . |
| 7 | Because he had the right attitude , he did n't quibble , he did n't moan he did n't criticize , he just got on with the job , and is n't that a little area that we can all work on somewhere , it comes down to that little bit of territory even , does n't it , if we 're given in the ministry and we say oh not there again , I worked that last time , I know that person in that house they 're all working , called on them and when they , I just do n't get , I just do n't get on with them , they 're not me at all , you see , we , we can go on and on in all kinds of areas ca n't we in the truth , but what an attitude to have and I thought this was a lovely expression here , look , erm , on page twenty seven , just about a third of the way down on the right hand side , he says as I have opportunity , I encourage new ones at that , that would take advantage of all privileged service , they 're given , and to learn to be content , and happy with it and just in the next paragraph at the end he says be happy and content in your present circumstances and blossom in a spiritual way in the soil where you are planted is n't that a lo a lovely expression , does n't that show a man who is spiritually alive and alert and awake , and is n't that how we should be , would n't the congregation flow and move along forward , so much better and more unitedly if we all have that lovely attitude that Jehovah service , no matter what it is , we ca n't all be public speakers , we ca n't all be giving a public talk at the district assembly can we ? |
| 8 | I lodged all this time at a lodging-house in Kent Street . |
| 9 | I saw this some time ago . |
| 10 | Af , I thought that first time would be the last , but since this , Steve 's been dropping in during the day while my son and daughter are at work . |
| 11 | Most people think that pigs are dirty and ignorant , but I had many happy times with them . |
| 12 | Most people think that pigs are dirty and ignorant , but I had many happy times with them . |
| 13 | I had all this time neither seen nor heard anything ; nevertheless , I was convinced that the tigress was watching me . |
| 14 | ‘ And I threw back the bedclothes before I had any more time to think about it and burst out of the bed ; threw myself into the middle of the bedroom , screaming and roaring and thrashing about . ’ |
| 15 | I had three last time . |
| 16 | ‘ That is , I had some good times . |
| 17 | Yeah I had some good times around Norwich , when I was on travelling order job . |
| 18 | I had some wonderful times there , but my job now is to help sort out Yeovil 's problems . ’ |