Example sentences of "but this time [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next day Elspeth went to mount the horse again , but this time she was chatting to a friend instead of listening to the horse . |
| 2 | She had a fund of such sayings , but this time she was proved maddeningly right . |
| 3 | ‘ Madonna likes being in the eye of the storm but this time she was safely tucked away in New York . ’ |
| 4 | But this time she was too late . |
| 5 | As before , the old man was slow coming to the door , but this time she was ready for him . |
| 6 | She returned to the club about a half-hour later , but this time she was changing her approach . |
| 7 | Claudia gasped ; it was Dana again , but this time she was n't alone . |
| 8 | That night she sneaked out of the house as usual , but this time she was carrying a case . |
| 9 | Again she considered that she may be falling in love with him but this time she was not so quick to dismiss it . |
| 10 | But this time I was calm . |
| 11 | Ten minutes later round went the tip again but this time I was into something bigger . |
| 12 | Normally this would have caused me considerable grief , but this time I was prepared to tough it out . |
| 13 | It was n't the first time he 'd thought that , but this time he was sure . |
| 14 | At the first hearing , she had a gloomy , slit-mouthed sidekick with the worst case of acne I 've seen since I gave up computer programming , but this time he was n't there . |
| 15 | Beddington closed his eyes , but this time he was not asleep . |
| 16 | But this time he was not moving out of her reach . |
| 17 | Grant flung himself to one side … but this time he was just a split second too late . |
| 18 | On Thursday afternoon Captain Trentham returned to the gym , but this time he was not striking the side of his leg with a swagger stick . |
| 19 | but because he knew it was our troop , you know but erm , that 's the thing when you , nine times , about eight times out of ten you did it to another troop , but then again they did it back to you , but this time he was a right cocky son of a bitch , I mean we all liked him , but he was right cocky bastard , so he |
| 20 | Again the Cobblers held them to a goalless draw after being reduced to ten men , but this time it was not through injury : half-back Manning was sent off after twenty-five minutes for tripping Forest 's West from behind . |
| 21 | I had always managed the walk with ease , but this time it was different . |
| 22 | The depletion , or reduction , in ionic plasma density was again observed but this time it was not as strong . |
| 23 | The coffee thermos and cups were fetched , the incense came again but this time it was passed more slowly , so that everyone could enjoy the sweet-smelling smoke to a greater extent . |
| 24 | But this time it was Geoffrey 's voice which rumbled on aggressively , with occasional mild squeaks of protest from his wife . |
| 25 | ‘ We would have caught him eventually but this time it was thankfully a case of sooner rather than later . ’ |
| 26 | But this time it was the monks of Canterbury who were offended , for Anselm took their plate to help him pay . |
| 27 | But this time it was n't a dream — she was really here , breathing the drifting green atmosphere as if it were ordinary air . |
| 28 | He opened his door and called for the maid , but this time it was not Christine . |
| 29 | They had to fight again , but this time it was a battle to achieve copulation in spite of the oil . |
| 30 | He could have taken the isolation better if it was n't for the batteries in his radio dying on him without warning ; usually they faded over a couple of nights but this time it was just zonk , no signal . |