Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked several times but eventually was just caught up in the crowds . ’ |
| 2 | The snow improved as the slope steepened and I made good time up the 100 metres to the ridge top and along to the ‘ summit ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm prepared to double the offer I made last time . ’ |
| 4 | I tried many times , but I could not do it . |
| 5 | I tried six times but got turned down because I was n't sixty . |
| 6 | I tried three times to get in but was beaten back by flames . ’ |
| 7 | I tried several times but the same thing happened . |
| 8 | There was one time when I moved 14 times in seven months — that really disrupts your education . |
| 9 | I reported last time that I 'd made an approach to Chris . |
| 10 | I dined four times at various places and went to a drunk party at Worcester in someone 's rooms I did not know . |
| 11 | I wanted to be a writer ( hence the course ) but was also toying with the idea of the group , which I pursued full time after finishing . |
| 12 | oh as I think I mentioned last time we have had a marketing er survey undertaken . |
| 13 | And what I will do is to look erm tt in some detail at er an analysis of a man r called Richard Newstat I mentioned last time , Mr Shirley Williams , and Richard Newstat wrote a book in nineteen sixty called Presidential Power and that book is now in whatever , what it is , I do n't know , seventh or eight edition and it 's probably still the single best selling book on the American presidency and er for good reason because it , it , it raises an , an argument which is really quite simple but often neglected . |
| 14 | A further advantage of using ( as I mentioned several times before ) is that we get rid of the vectorial nature of the problem . |
| 15 | Forget Mellor , I scored 5 times a night in Chelsea strip … |
| 16 | But erm er so I thought that was er so that was the only thing that I would actually pick up on there erm and the one thing I noticed this time , and you did n't , I mean this was n't the case when you did erm the role play this morning , but this time , and I do n't know whether it was because you had less confidence with what , with actual talking about the product , but you had very little eye contact with Maggie . |
| 17 | Sir , — I noticed last time I voted that the numbered counterfoil of my voting slip was also marked with my electoral role number by the officer at the polling station . |
| 18 | I paid three times what it would have cost me to make it ! |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll pay double what I paid last time . |
| 20 | Wendell 's voice was quiet and matter-of-fact as he said , ‘ I guessed some time ago that you 'd fallen for Harry . ’ |
| 21 | As I stated last time , both Andrew Gold and Waddy Wachtel are credited with the lead work on this track — Andrew on the ( stereo ) left and Waddy on the right . |
| 22 | I joined some time in the late thirties when I was a young member of the Foreign Office . ’ |
| 23 | Items can be sent to my home address by the second week in September , this will give me time to price and size them , a major job as I discovered last time and I will send you the figure of money raised by the end of October . |
| 24 | I signed three times . |
| 25 | I was slightly built , and although I hated team sports and games , I spent much time in the school gym doing circuit training and fitness programmes . |
| 26 | I spent much time in that area and I know that brighter things are on the horizon for Manchester and Liverpool . |
| 27 | ‘ I spent much time in the States when I was a girl . |
| 28 | I spent little time at home now , so I was unable to be a detailed witness to the Great Love in the same account-keeping way as before . |
| 29 | I NEVER did find Mr Wright although , following the instructions I received at my briefing , I spent some time looking for him . |
| 30 | Friday I spent some time here , half a day . |