Example sentences of "[prep] [indef pn] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said that they must n't be sad because he had , after all , crammed so much into his short life , that his parties had given enormous pleasure to so many people , that Conor was the sort of person Jack Kerouac might have loved , he was one of the ones who are mad to live , desirous of everything at the same time , ‘ the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing , but burn , burn , burn , like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars ’ . |
| 2 | There 's always that barrier to be got over , when you are going to sleep with someone for the first time , and I just thought it would be a good time to get it over with . |
| 3 | For I am on equal terms with someone for the first time in my life . |
| 4 | I mean they ca n't , they ca n't possibly do everything for everybody at the right time I mean |
| 5 | So we did the double over someone for the first time since beating Sheff United in the championship winning game . |
| 6 | I have my breakfast to cook and today 's the day of the Two Thousand Guineas , I ca n't keep my mind on everything at the one time . " |
| 7 | ‘ If it helps , his fiancée has not exactly endeared herself to anyone in the short time that she 's been here . |