Example sentences of "there was the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there was the time Vic and company decided to detonate a smorgasbord of Spam and boiled sweets . |
| 2 | There was the time we were getting off a crowded coach on a day trip to Brighton and he pushed me back into my seat . |
| 3 | Then there was the time Joe Hulme asked if he could stay for the weekend in his native Lancashire after an away match at Bolton . |
| 4 | There was the time , too , when he kept a Wellington side very much under wraps before a Ranfurly Shield challenge against Auckland , and then took the hugh gamble of removing his best five-eighths , Steve Pokere , from fly-half to centre , and bringing in a new youngster — a gamble which failed quite spectacularly . |
| 5 | Although there was the time when he was round about that age and had developed meningitis . |
| 6 | There was the time we gave out some information about a stolen motor coach . |
| 7 | Then there was the time when he was arrested for driving a loaned car which the police insisted had been reported stolen . |
| 8 | " There was the time I saw the bear , " said Marcus unguardedly , remembering the bear . |
| 9 | There was the time I took some of my work round for him to look at . |
| 10 | There was the time , too , when her refusal to recognize any point in the purchase of a most promising yearling had both distressed and exasperated him . |
| 11 | ‘ There was the time I turned up at the Arts Lab ( first and last time ) to see the Dylan film and could n't afford it . |
| 12 | There was the time he kicked the ball in the house and smashed his mum 's good plates , but apart from that he was a decent youngster . |
| 13 | There was the time , for instance , when they had a love scene in Carry On Up The Khyber in 1968 . |