Example sentences of "time [pron] have [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For if nothing else , by the time I had flown another twelve hours north from Auckland , and my jet had settled me on to the runway at Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong , I was still on the periphery of the Pacific Ocean . |
| 2 | This was the third time I had attended this enjoyable day 's racing . |
| 3 | It was the eleventh or perhaps only the tenth time I had fallen that morning . |
| 4 | The first time I had heard this . |
| 5 | In that time I had made some friends , gained much self-confidence , and finally lost my hatred of the Reeds . |
| 6 | It was the first time I had made this mistake , but Bamba immediately turned and ran back to us . |
| 7 | ‘ My dear , dear fellow , if I had a lira for every time I 've heard that story … well … ’ |
| 8 | I heard you trying to persuade and then threaten this young lady to get her into your car , and it 's not the first time I 've witnessed such a thing . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ It 's the second time I 've suffered this sort of problem . |
| 10 | Now this is the first time I 've seen these and I ca n't say whether they 're right , wrong bad of indifferent , All I can say is that this was the intention . |
| 11 | And she has n't got two , that means it 's the first time I 've seen those three lights on . |
| 12 | Well that 's the second time I 've done that tonight , so it , the algorithm th the os optimization algorithm does n't always get it right first time . |
| 13 | erm mushrooms cabbage and everything 's raw , completely raw carrots in th in the middle with two different two mayonnaise dips one plai s plain mayonnaise and the other half of it is erm garlic flavour mayonnaise and erm that 's as a starter I always have that and I thoroughly enjoy it you know that 's the by the time I 've had that I do n't want much of my main meal cos it 's great |
| 14 | Or what it will be by the time I 've finished this job . |
| 15 | I have n't really had a vacation , this is the first time I 've taken some time off and I barely got here ; just because of the pace of the world , especially last year . |
| 16 | He had separate orders , each locksmith and at this time I 'd done all the ord whatsit er and this and that and the other and I said what 's next ? |
| 17 | That was the first time I 'd had any money out of gigging in a year . |
| 18 | By the time I 'd worked all that out , you 'd gone , and in a way I did n't want to be beholden to you . |
| 19 | but if I come back in night time I have to put that light on and it 's empty |
| 20 | It was the first time she had expressed any sympathy for the Daily Mirror pensioners . |
| 21 | But only , as the last time she had done that and had kissed the child , to be told , ‘ You have a nice mouth , Mammy ; Daddy 's mouth is wet . ’ |
| 22 | She walked to the desk and put down the vase and by the time she had done this Gabriel was gone . |
| 23 | Simon said , and it was the first time she had heard that name . |
| 24 | Because , as her heart started to thunder beneath her ribs , she realised that the last time she had seen those brown leather shoes , they were being worn by a man — in Prague ! |
| 25 | This time she had squashed some of her clothes inside , and several of the lighter books , the paperbacks . |
| 26 | Kathleen had warned her countless times in the past , but this time she had had enough . |
| 27 | At that time she had known few people in the district , for they were among the first of the incomers , and Camille had been only a baby with the consequent ailments , accidents and dissatisfactions . |
| 28 | By the time she had opened all the boxes , the floor of the little shop was strewn with cardboard and tissue-paper , and the air was heavy with scent . |
| 29 | It was n't the first time she 'd heard that kind of comment . |
| 30 | By that time she 'd absorbed all her allowances , therefore it did n't matter whether she 'd |