Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] time " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	‘ I met him several times at balls and routs , and I found him very entertaining .
2	Oh I got it first time .
3	I got it first time .
4	Through a literary agent I had in New York I was able to help Sir Charles arrange the publication of that last book in America and I visited him many times , to hear him talk .
5	‘ I told them several times I had met him only briefly .
6	Now I think I told you last time that er the whole time me and Anne had been together , we 're not drinkers .
7	There 's a nice story about my , one of my favourite presidents , I told you last time , Theodore Roosevelt , Roosevelt got very frustrated with congress so he sent the American navy , he had no money , they would n't give him any money , so he sent the American navy to the Philippines and he said to congress if you want them back again you 'd better vote some more money cos they have n't got any fuel erm which is a fairly odd way of proceeding one might think .
8	Oh well , I told you another time then !
9	‘ I told you twenty times . ’
10	I told you twenty times about that !
11	‘ I told you some time ago I 'd seen wor young 'un with a piece .
12	I practised it enough times in the car coming here , ’ Whitlock replied with a grin .
13	‘ You lying git , I heard you that time . ’
14	I hit it several times but it had no effect .
15	Well well I say I rang them first time .
16	‘ I saw him several times a day and he asked about my baby 's father .
17	I saw it first time last week and it were great !
18	‘ That was straight talk I gave you that time , shamus .
19	I said it three times , ’ she said .
20	I wrote him several times and all the answer I ever got was I 'm well-here-and-I-hope-you-are-well-there .
21	I forgave him this time though !
22	I missed him some time during the night .
23	Well I explained it last time did n't I .

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