Example sentences of "time [pron] [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's the last time I charge into an unknown room , ’ panted Wednesday . |
| 2 | Every time I go into a new archive I just ca n't believe what I 'm discovering . |
| 3 | Every time I go through a lean spell I 've lost a yard ; every time I score a goal it means I 'm over the hepatitis . |
| 4 | Every time I go for a wee I en she comes with me and pulls a load off to bloody blow her nose ! |
| 5 | three million books on the shelve , and we do n't have time going properly at the price so we go anything you want , bung it on the trolley and soon as the trolleys full it 's taken away and another one given , and you poke around and then in the evening , you stay in a hotel overnight , and then the following morning , they get and you just sort of send up the money and they just shout up the money as we go , then , every time I get to a thousand they say one , two , and you say right , tell me when I get near three , and I 've got this erm , I 'm dreadful at maths , I failed maths O Level three times and I do n't think about prices , I 've never been more than fifteen pounds out . |
| 6 | I start browsing out of a sense of duty to begin with , and drench myself with showers of settled rainwater every time I reach into a bush . |
| 7 | The first time I read about a sex change something happened deep inside me : all my vague feelings about being a girl found a focus even though all the stories were about men who became ’ . |
| 8 | At the present time I have in a total of fourteen patrol constables and two community constables and , as you are aware , I have two community constables here in , and . |
| 9 | Most of the time I work behind a desk and have to wear smart clothes and have long nails and a nice hair-do . |
| 10 | Kids bring out the natural father in me and I get a crinkly mouth every time I look at an ankle snapper . |
| 11 | The problem is , the problem is though , half the time you put into a situation , where , I , I , I was due er , a week 's holiday , and two weeks previous to that , I was actually changed contract so I was there on this new contract , and in a fortnight I was going to take a holiday , and sort of , well I ca n't stop you from taking your holiday , but you know , it 's , that sort of problem is n't it . |
| 12 | So that in the winter time you put on a a coal fire . |
| 13 | Hold the camcorder to one subject at a time , starting a new shot every time you change to a new subject ; each of these shots could be of say five to ten seconds duration . |
| 14 | The first time you speak to a potentially new client is the most crucial , because the impact of a first meeting is of vital significance . |
| 15 | A , but what I 'm sa , wha the point you were making Adrian , is tha , is is that 's what you 've got ta keep in mind about every time you walk into a business or phone up a business , that it does matter that it 's in , your , that 's not what we want cos I 'm telling you , you know , do n't you know , the security guys photographing , you know , lampposts and stuff like that . |
| 16 | The first time you dive on a coral reef is an experience never to be forgotten . |
| 17 | Every time you indulge in an habitual act you bind yourself in with the others . |
| 18 | Next time you bite into a Chilean apple , spare a thought for the person who picked it . |
| 19 | During the Westland episode my worry beads got red hot on occasions , but I think each time you go through a corporate crisis of some sort , you 'd be silly if you have n't learned from the previous ones . |
| 20 | However , next time you go to a large supermarket for your supplies ( or if you shop daily , the next time you go to your local shops ) consider your buying habits . |
| 21 | Next time you go to a supermarket , see if you 've collected any extra items in your basket or trolley by the time you reach the checkout . |
| 22 | on Saturday and yet , that you have to be careful because they they have that I 've forgotten what her name was on on Wogan saying next time you go into a D I Y store and you see a mahogany toilet seat you know do n't boy buy it think of the forest . |
| 23 | So they wo n't do that , and of course it 's and the main thing that costs is the transport is every time you go on a bus you 're down to whatever it is two hundred pounds , and because of the two areas that we use , I mean we 're not gon na , I mean I do n't really know |
| 24 | Every time you hear about a rave being busted , it 's always E that the ravers were taking . |
| 25 | Think about that the next time you hear about a Palestinian child murdered by the Israeli army ( who are Irgun in new uniforms ) , for throwing stones . |
| 26 | I mean by the time you get to a two years . |
| 27 | So you go along to the next D and there 's no Os there , so you come down , D , no Os , so you keep going along the lines and every time you get to a D you stop |
| 28 | To do this , number each article and associate each number with its own " hook " , for example , your list might begin as follows This time you associate in a ridiculous way bun and aeroplane , pew and clock , bee and carrot and so on . |
| 29 | ‘ Why should I care what you feel when all the time you behave like a monster ? ’ she asked rhetorically . |
| 30 | Now , Freud was n't saying that every time you dream about an umbrella you 're , you 're dreaming some kind of sexual wish , erm , but what he 's saying is that umbrellas and other things that can erm become erect or open out often do represent but you could conceivably have an umbrella dream in which the umbrella , through your private associations , stood for something completely different , it 's quite , it 's quite possible . |