Example sentences of "this time [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mechanic this time replaced the water temperature sender unit on the engine block — it has a black top with a long stem . |
| 2 | Unhappy with this design as well , which he felt looked ungainly and awkward , Cusick tried again with a wider based shape , this time moving the studded circles down from the midriff to the skirt section . |
| 3 | I had by this time met the latter . |
| 4 | Helped by some workmen she tried again and this time reached the Wouldham side . |
| 5 | After two days at home with my parents , I was again at the railway station , this time catching the early evening train to Fort William . |
| 6 | Its reporter 's attempts to implement even the most modest of safeguards for the people affected by the proposals , were simply dismissed by the Scottish Secretary , this time wearing the ‘ non-interventionist ’ hat of adjudicator on the inquiry 's finding and recommendations . |
| 7 | In a trance-like state he re-climbed the wall and this time made the top , in pain but without further incident . |
| 8 | After she had washed and dressed in warm cord trousers , leather boots and a thick sweater , she this time took the precaution of collecting her anorak before going out to her car and driving off in the direction of Great Yarmouth . |
| 9 | Sharpe reloaded the rifle , this time ramming the bullet hard down against the charge , then released the horse . |
| 10 | With punters across the country totally baffled , the field regrouped and , after being given the go-ahead by course officials after an eight minute break , started again , this time jumping the offending obstacle . |
| 11 | The pope again provided to the see , this time choosing the former prior-provincial of the English Franciscans , John Pecham . |
| 12 | Beyond her , there were more ranks of bared heads , this time facing the Collector ; their eyes , too , scanned him greedily , looking for fissures and further away still , two or three faces of sick or wounded men watched from the open windows of the hospital . |
| 13 | ‘ What we have to do this time is to maintain that atmosphere , produce another good performance against Turkey and this time get the result we deserved against Norway . |
| 14 | I found myself touched , and this time let the silence stay . |
| 15 | The MNR had until this time boycotted the CSC because of a dispute over the provision of accommodation in Maputo for MNR delegates . |
| 16 | STILL on a charity tip ( well , someone 's got ta be ) , the Boogie Night on Dec 8 looks like being another worthwhile event , this time supporting the homeless . |
| 17 | He struck again , this time bringing the knife down into the top of the man 's head , using all his strength to force it through bone that splintered and cracked with a strident shriek . |
| 18 | We received a call from the hospital , which had by this time received the results of the X-rays . |
| 19 | Out of this time came the first stories of his boldness — answering back to a teacher , taking out girls , and of course the all-dazzling displays at rugby and cricket . |
| 20 | Also at this time came the great compressional movements of the Urals . |
| 21 | On March 17 marching crowds turned out again , this time to mark the anniversary of the death , allegedly under torture , of a student leader , Abdoul Karim Camara , in 1980 [ see p. 30560 ] . |
| 22 | ‘ There ! ’ he said abruptly and threw the plane straight again , but this time dropping the nose , and I saw a jeep churning dust from the dirt road which ran the length of the island 's long shank , between the golf course and the houses , and just as I saw the jeep so the red tracer bullets began climbing from a machine-gun mounted in the back of the vehicle . |
| 23 | They were at this time boycotting the Security Council in protest at the UN refusal to replace Taiwan by Communist China ; hence there was no Soviet veto on sending UN forces to support South Korea . |
| 24 | Julie nodded , indicated again and this time swung the car into a gap in front of the cafe . |
| 25 | With a fortnight to go before Spain 's general election , the ruling Socialist party found itself embroiled in more accusations of financial irregularities , this time involving the financing of its referendum campaign in 1986 to keep Spain in NATO . |
| 26 | The latest scandal , this time involving the Prime Minister himself , Pierre Beregovoy , hitherto regarded as the very model of honesty and integrity , seemed like the last straw . |
| 27 | The latest scandal , this time involving the Prime Minister himself , Pierre Beregovoy , hitherto regarded as the very model of honesty and integrity , seemed like the last straw . |
| 28 | Follow your amended Stage I menu for the next two weeks , this time completing the charts on pages 230–231 . |
| 29 | Mitterrand , however , perpetrated a crime ‘ de lèse-majesté ’ : he forced de Gaulle to a second-round run-off ; the President , who this time addressed the nation via TV , won with ease . |
| 30 | I set the card on row 1 and knitted a sample then decided to knit another , this time beginning the pattern at row 2 . |