Example sentences of "the [noun] [det] time " in BNC.
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1 | They just saw the opportunity this time and took it — but it could have been prevented . ’ |
2 | We know the ropes this time and we will fight on . ’ |
3 | But as workers were busily removing the offending logo from the congress hall yesterday , there were many signs that the change this time would be more than superficial . |
4 | Sarah was n't slow on the uptake this time . |
5 | There was no question of the winner this time . |
6 | But even visions of breastfeeding could not stem the tide this time . |
7 | Oh , it 's the elite this time , the IXth Legion lot in their natty mini-skirts and jangling horse brasses . |
8 | We can discuss the money another time . ’ |
9 | If it is indeed the case that time is used least economically in those subjects to which most time is allocated ( see Table 4.1 ) , should not schools , LEAs ( and indeed the NCC and DES ) took afresh at their assumptions about how much time these subjects ( that is , the National Curriculum core subjects ) really need ? |
10 | ‘ Now then , Taylor , what 's the damage this time ? ’ the Duke would ask and on being told he would briskly reply ‘ Cheque in post tomorrow . |
11 | She would be silent as the grave this time — give her mind to getting free . |
12 | it might be — he was once again at the bench this weekend but did not get on the field this time . |
13 | The Germans this time proved to be the better shots , but were very impressed with the new British SA-80 rife and its optic sight . |
14 | ‘ God it was awful , ’ he said , and made them laugh and accept what he said , and Barnett never asked for the certificate this time . |
15 | Equally , it is possible for goods to be delivered to the buyer some time before they become his property . |
16 | The last two unionist mayors have been an independent and a DUP councillor , making an Ulster Unionist the favourite this time round . |
17 | ‘ I like to provide kids with pictures that contain lots of details so that they can find something new in the illustrations each time they look at them . |
18 | ‘ I like to provide kids with pictures that contain lots of details so that they can find something new in the illustrations each time they look at them . |
19 | I fucked you once — on the stairs , remember ? — when Alec blacked out in the kitchen that time . |
20 | One night they were all sitting round the same as usual , in the kitchen this time , Pete and Tommy and a friend of Tommy 's , they were sitting round drinking the whisky Tommy 's friend had brought over when they heard footsteps in the yard . |
21 | Edwin must have been struck by the contrast each time he climbed the stairs . |
22 | Only he left the Ministry some time ago to go into politics . ’ |
23 | He has a rule about her coming alone on these expeditions , but we have one or two ideas about changing the rules this time . ’ |
24 | And it has to be said , he wrote , that its opposite , a feeling of elation , equally physical , equally extra-physical , has also been a constant feature of my life , manifesting itself regularly though impossible to predict , a reeling in the chest this time , the chest and perhaps the throat , a feeling of the heart leaping and the blood pumping , it came when I first took up a brush and made a mark on paper , it came when I picked up the first readymade and felt it transformed by that very action , it came when Madge rang to say she could not go on , when Annie wrote to say she was not coming back , when the idea of the glass first popped into my head . |
25 | I can tell you the rest of the story another time . |
26 | Ade had raced Yevgeniev a number of times before that , in Paris in 1985 and in the European Indoor of 1984 , and had never beaten him , and I do n't think he would have been ahead of the Russian this time either . |
27 | Press the button gently but firmly and without jerking the camcorder each time you start and stop . |
28 | ‘ By the way , sir , what 's the password this time ? ’ asked Charlie . |
29 | She to play the part this time of chaperon to her own servant ? |
30 | 680 by a suppliant , Ecgburh , expresses her grief at the loss some time before of her brother , Oshere , whom a bitter and cruel death had taken from her , and it may be that her brother was Oshere , king of the Hwicce . |