Example sentences of "time [pers pn] [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've wondered whether we ought to separate but every time I bring this up , he cries and then worries about the 50 per cent of ‘ his ’ assets I 'll take with me if I do decide to go ! |
| 2 | The first time I wore this , I 'd had it for about two months and I was talking to Princess Margaret , but as we spoke , I could see she was following my hand with her eyes . |
| 3 | She told us : ‘ The first time I saw this lady from the Foundation for Global Unity in Canterbury , she told me I had been a young boy in one of the Balkan countries , where slaves were being used to cut down all the trees . |
| 4 | The first time I saw this I thought ‘ Oh God , not another Socratic dialogue ’ but I was impressed on reading it . |
| 5 | Izzie returned with the cups of wine , saying softly to her father without looking at Gabriel , ‘ Was n't I right the first time I saw this boy ? |
| 6 | The first time I saw this , when I was up in I thought , look at that , ca n't even get John Player Special round the right way . |
| 7 | Last time I saw this was in |
| 8 | At one time I had this scrubbing brush and I used to spend the whole day scrubbing and I used to have a big pan and I used to boil my clothes up in it — it drove me round the bend … |
| 9 | But since then the world has gone completely mad and in nineteen ninety , which was the last er time I checked this number , in nineteen ninety federal aid to the states now reaches one hundred billion dollars . |
| 10 | Last time I played this Strathspey was at a ceilidh held in the village hall at Spean Bridge , attended by villagers and staff from the training centre at Achnacarry . |
| 11 | The first time I played this competition my team happened to come first . |
| 12 | By the time I realized this we were less than twenty yards apart . |
| 13 | The third time I heard this trail ( as they are called ) , I dashed off a quick letter about my coffin difficulties , asking , at the same time , that if the producer considered my problem worth airing , could I be provided with a tape-recorder so I could get some of the more pompous prevarications dished out by the trade on permanent record ? |
| 14 | I was already enough of an expert to recognise it — people had begun to give me books about birds of prey , so the first time I heard this sorrowful sound I searched through my books until I found out what it was . |
| 15 | The first time I met this creature she was an unlettered half-caste peasant who smelt of stale sweat and dead chickens . |
| 16 | At the time I attributed this discomfort to my surplus energy , and not to my thinness . |
| 17 | ‘ I was doing a lay-out of a woman in a mink coat and I 'm trying to get the flesh tones right and I 'm asking myself : hey , how is it every time I do this it comes out wrong ? |
| 18 | Every single time I do this job I find a new record by Rancid Hell Spawn on top of the pile . |
| 19 | It was Wednesday night last time I did this course I felt really whacked . |
| 20 | By the time I realise this , she 's doffed hat and denims , and is swimming out to us . |
| 21 | The one time I tried this year i ended up in some void somewhere . |
| 22 | The one time I tried this year i ended up in some void somewhere . |
| 23 | At the time I dismissed this but later it was a piece which fitted the puzzle . ’ |
| 24 | Remembering what had happened to me the last time I entered this unhappy house , remembering too that I was an escaped jailbird , whom most of the Frankenstein menage would not hesitate to give back into custody , I decided that the wisest course was to keep the place under observation and wait until I could be sure to speak to Victor . |
| 25 | Pool will be with me next time I enter this wonderful TARDIS . ’ |
| 26 | Now , there is no one in the world whose confidence I would rather share less than Iago 's , and that is one of the reasons for the discomfort I feel each time I experience this play . |
| 27 | Each time she does this I feel a shudder of love at the exactness of this sleeping courtesy . |
| 28 | Last time she wore this suite it looked really nice . |
| 29 | By the time she reached this point in her narrative , Lou 's eyes had hardened , her nostrils were flaring and her small-boned hands were gripping her knees like talons . |
| 30 | A teacher who showed an interest in Asian culture was asked by a colleague , ‘ why do n't you wear Indian dress ? ’ and was greeted by a mock Indian prayer movement every time she passed this colleague in the corridor . |