Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that were the mistake he made last time . |
| 2 | He fought four times for his seat on Southampton council before winning it : a result that encouraged him to move into national politics . |
| 3 | He wasted little time in finding a replacement , choosing the widowed Mary of Guise . |
| 4 | So in his first major speech as leader in parliament he wasted little time on the customary compliments and warned the government that he intended to play hard . |
| 5 | It was wonderful to be so close to him again , to feel no barriers between them , and he wasted little time before possessing her with such quick , hot urgency that she was left behind . |
| 6 | Once free of these troubles he wasted little time in turning his attention to England . |
| 7 | By adopting this method of study he wasted less time and it also enabled him to learn more efficiently . |
| 8 | He applied four times for permanent posts in Cambridge , but was each time unsuccessful ; it was feared that he would alarm and discourage his pupils , particularly the weaker sort . |
| 9 | He also lived at Pinner and erm then the work dried up and he first of all he did work was a postman at Christmas time , you know just as a thing and then he started you know then he became full time you know . |
| 10 | These attacks included sexually assaulting an elderly woman during a burglary ; heterosexual rape ; rape of women when their husbands , brothers or boyfriends were watching ; homosexual rape ( for which he got five times as long a prison sentence as for heterosexual rape ) ; as well as burglary . |
| 11 | and he got same time as I did . |
| 12 | Er er he tried one time , he 'd got his daddy 's photograph and he was actually trying to draw his father from the photograph |
| 13 | He tried several times . |
| 14 | He tried several times without success . |
| 15 | He tried several times to talk to his sister Laetitia on the telephone , but she continued to be elusive . |
| 16 | Incidentally , Ron Atkinson was today praising Gary Speed , and saying how he is the most versatile player in the country since Paul Madeley , and how he tried several times this summer to sign him but was told no by Wilko every time . |
| 17 | He phoned several times — thank god I was out . ’ |
| 18 | He presided three times a year at the Convocation of York , which he found a happy body . |
| 19 | He referred several times to " our network " . |
| 20 | He decided that although the Prime Mover had granted his wish , it was up to him how he used that time ; but with his badly broken body there was little he could do . |
| 21 | He shouted this time , and tugged harder . |
| 22 | The floor was made of bamboo strips laid haphazardly side by side , and he staggered several times as his feet slipped between the round poles . |
| 23 | He mentioned old times , the Army , you know , places we 'd been to . |
| 24 | His tally of 1,816 wickets for Lancashire is still a county record and he played 70 times for England claiming a further 252 victims . |
| 25 | He started young , encouraged by his father , and reached international level in 1976–8 when he played several times for his native France . |
| 26 | He played three times for the Gentlemen against the Players between 1953 and 1955 as Surrey forged on to Championship victory after victory . |
| 27 | He came three times a week , and was very eager to learn . |
| 28 | He came several times a year to have a glass of sherry with my mother and I always felt awkward in his presence , fearing that instead of ‘ Would you care for an olive ? ’ |
| 29 | Picking up his stick , he banged three times on the ceiling . |
| 30 | He banged several times . |