Example sentences of "this time [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Three pairs of oyster-catchers were sighted around the main region and a total of 13 common sandpipers and a flight of 18 turnstones , most colourful birds and on passage at this time when they occur regularly at Abberton .
2 This time when they said their good byes they arranged to meet the following morning and so things continued .
3 She will not like me to refer to this time when she is better , Dorothea thought , she will avoid my company and we will only wish one another the most formal good morning .
4 This time when she looked up he was watching her .
5 ‘ Maybe it was practising , ’ Jenna said shortly , and this time when she walked off he let her go .
6 She impaled it through the ribs a second time and the point took and held , and this time when she jerked the Scarag to the side it came with her , clutching at the killing wood .
7 And this time when you take my hand
8 Keith takes this further : ‘ We were a little limited when we were recording the guitars , limited by the size of the room and the fact that some of the gear was n't working properly , so obstructive forces were at work and this is where compromise comes in ; you 're spending all this time when you know it could be a lot better . ’
9 But this time when I go back I mean to stay and die there , because , let me tell you ’ — she wagged her finger first at the Colonel and then at Reginald — ‘ there 's a time coming when there 'll be no France and very little England , or any place else . ’
10 And you know this time when I went on a plane and I looked down , I was n't saying it to Ben
11 This time when he raised his hands they were quiet at once , no doubt expecting another ditty , but instead , Bobby took his chance .
12 This time when he came back in to see her , the air was darkest around his form , but when he grinned over the noise of the men in the room behind the door — a woman 's laugh punctured the air beyond — and he sat down peaceably at the foot of her bed , the blue paled to a translucence like a robin 's egg .
13 Another trooper fell out of line , and this time when he got a hand to the wooden rail at the side of the bridge he collapsed across it .
14 This time when he slid the door back , she moved towards him , as if expecting him to let her pass , beginning to tell him about the incident at the Dragon Cloud , the wicker basket of leftovers from the teahouse held out before her .
15 This time when he kissed me , his mouth stayed on mine , and I opened my lips a little , and so did he , and I could taste him in my mouth .
16 This time when he opened his eyes her face was turned towards him .
17 But this time when he saw Orton — a man who was constantly telling Ken to enjoy himself sexually before it was too late and to stop feeling guilty about it — he was worse than usual .
18 Though this time when he went on , he was to leave her speechless and open-mouthed .
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