Example sentences of "say the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | cos if you , they say the best time to buy a pair of shoes is at night when your sh when your feet are really swollen . |
| 2 | Health chiefs say the waiting time is down to 10 weeks . |
| 3 | These hijras are very bad and very dirty ladies , ’ he had said the first time I tried to give Razia a lift in his car . |
| 4 | . Said the first time she came round she did n't look at it , and then , after that she looked really I hope she does n't fall . |
| 5 | I ring up Richard , and Richard says the only time I can see you is seven o'clock Tuesday night , and I 've got no appointment . |
| 6 | Patrick says the last time he ran was in Gloucester was in driving wind and rain |
| 7 | They were saying the last time I heard them saying anything he was sort of going |
| 8 | The ref said the first time the ball was n't on the spot properly so the kick had to be retaken . |
| 9 | you know what he said the first time we went into sociology I mean I feel a bit like you must of felt then |
| 10 | ‘ Just iced water , thanks , ’ he said the next time she screwed up enough nerve to go back to his table . |
| 11 | in front of them , so I waited until I got home and took me slipper off and whacked his bum , I said the next time I said that 's what 's gon na happen , I said you can do what you like when we go out I said but just remember what you 'll get when we come back |
| 12 | One building society chief said the last time interest rates were at this level , Virginia Wade won at Wimbledon and Jim Callaghan was the Labour Prime Minister . |
| 13 | we said the last time , did we not ? |
| 14 | By three-twenty , which was what the alarm clock by the bedside said the last time I looked at it , I have moved on from thinking about Timmy and Cheryl and her children , and Cheryl , and Timmy , and Cheryl 's children , and Timmy , and Timmy , and Cheryl , and Timmy , and begun to think about Summerchild and Serafin , and Serafin , and Timmy , and Serafin , yes , and Serafin . |
| 15 | He said the last time I went out he said was December the fifteenth , I said , and I 'll tell you something else , that was the last time I went out . |
| 16 | Summer in the country , was the toast echoing in Diane 's ears as she went back inside ; and she shuddered , and wondered if she could think up something really cutting to say the first time one of them tried to treat her like a servant . |
| 17 | Yes and and then when the lifeboat came , the Eday and and Sanday and them a lot of them came across for the dances , the lifeboat dances , it was really I would say the best time |