Example sentences of "time he [vb past] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was near midnight by the time he rejoined me . |
| 2 | So before we separated he gave me a working title for a song , and told me he wanted me to finish it by the next time he saw me . |
| 3 | So er we were introduced and the first time he took me out er he proposed to me but it , it , it took me six months to make my mind up . |
| 4 | At least five tragic scenarios had gone through my head by the time he told me that Dad had died . |
| 5 | Every time he told me , he started laughing . |
| 6 | ‘ When I was ten , my Dad bought me a guitar for Christmas , which I 'd asked for , but at the same time he enrolled me at the local golf club ! |
| 7 | You may not believe this , but though Richard and I have now known each other for eighteen years on and off , the first time he kissed me was in the car-park last Thursday . ’ |
| 8 | When it was in the oven , I asked him if he 'd like me to clean up , wash the pastry board etc , and for the first time he let me . |
| 9 | That was the first time he let me see the extent of the bitterness that was poisoning him . |
| 10 | In fact , now that I come to think of it , I have a feeling it may have been Lord Darlington himself who made that particular remark to me that time he called me into his study some two months after that exchange with Miss Kenton outside the billiard room . |
| 11 | Then , when we went upstairs , he says to me , Mary , he says , first time he called me that in years , Mary , why is it all my life I 've always got the timing wrong ? |
| 12 | When we got to the market , for the first time he allowed me to bargain with the dealers . |
| 13 | It was Li Chao who first suggested I should have a Chinese name and I was both grateful and honoured when in the course of time he gave me the three-character name of Tdong Lao Fu which meant , literally , ‘ Portrait of Happy Man Climbing Mountain ’ . |
| 14 | And I remember one time he gave me a list of things to do in the morning — fill this with potatoes , put the beans up on the shelves , brush the yard and then you can go out . |