Example sentences of "time [pron] [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ High time someone started asking a few awkward questions , ’ says his neighbour , who turns out to be an expert in Moral Law . |
| 2 | By this time I had developed a gut feeling for the topography of the island . |
| 3 | For just a short time I had become a part of the village community on a day that ‘ introduces everybody to everybody else ’ . |
| 4 | It was the first time I had seen a ship built from scratch and it was quite an experience to watch the steel plates being cut by their ingenious machine which controlled a cutter as it drew our the required shapes direct from the blueprint , converting everything to full scale as it cut . |
| 5 | The last time I had seen a white rose had been in that filthy room in the Tower . |
| 6 | And they started that and they were sent out to this big villa and er that was the first time I had seen a continental headboard and er we could n't understand what it was you know . |
| 7 | This time I had to take a double dose to return to my old shape . |
| 8 | It was the first time I had taken a close look at him . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ The only other time I had to deliver a baby was during my time in the Army . |
| 10 | For some time I had nourished a wish to write a war memoir , and after a while , and with the approach of the fifteenth anniversary of the start of the war , the desire became urgent . |
| 11 | This was the first time I had used a vauDe tent and I was impressed with its performance . |
| 12 | At one time I had bought a chalet just outside Interlaken . |
| 13 | Norwich manager Dave Stringer said : ‘ This is the second time I 've lost a semi-final and it does n't get any easier to accept . |
| 14 | ‘ This is the first time I 've had a chance to talk to you on your own , ’ he said thoughtfully , a speculative gleam in his hazel eyes . |
| 15 | The first time I 've had a chance to have a look through this so could I erm |
| 16 | Right okay what I this will be the first time I 've had a look at er a little bit more of your background so erm while I 'm doing that , although you may have already inside information , I I guess you 'd seen the brochure before had you ? |
| 17 | But at the same time I 've got a cartoon girl I 'm dying to get it on with . |
| 18 | I mean I know in about four months ' time I 've got a meeting in my diary with Alan . |
| 19 | Never had an occasion to use , well the only time I 've used a newspaper as far as I know this afternoon when I emptied the bag . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , fishing is my hobby , but it 's the first time I 've caught a squirrel . |
| 21 | the first time I 've taken a pill for years and years and she said , my taste and my smell |
| 22 | ‘ The last time I went to see a specialist about my knee , I was ready to pack it in if he 'd told me I was facing another year out . |
| 23 | Want to go back via erm South , want , see what he 's got , I keep , every time I come have a look |
| 24 | I said , Next time I go to see a doctor . |
| 25 | All I could do was write a letter , and by the time I 'd written a letter and it got where it was going and a reply got back , a week or two weeks could have gone by . |
| 26 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 27 | That was the only time I 'd seen a stick being used . |
| 28 | Another 48 Hours was done out of fear because Harlem Nights was the first time I 'd had a movie that flopped . |
| 29 | I have tried everywhere in the Legion , but every time I have hit a brick wall . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ This is the first time I have made a gramophone recording at Watford — I 've done film music here , but I think the sound of this is going to be amazing , ’ he said . |