Example sentences of "time [pron] got [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only sign he ever gave that anything was amiss in his family was the number of times he got out his thumbnail-sized pipe for the comfort of the single puff it gave him . |
| 2 | Then after a long time I got up with the help of a friend . |
| 3 | It was time I got up . ’ |
| 4 | Anyway , we 've finished all we can eat of this Cambozola , and the wine bottle is only good for sticking candles in , and we are still sitting on the carpet lit by one small lamp somewhere over in the corner , and she keeps filling in the pauses by staring into my eyes as if she 's checking I do n't wear false eyelashes , and I start to think it 's about time I got up off the floor . |
| 5 | ‘ You said you 'd be gone by the time I got up . ’ |
| 6 | By the time I got up the next morning , I had determined to sell the baker 's shop to the highest bidder unless Charlie Trumper were willing to take on the responsibility himself . |
| 7 | But I have twice dreamt of being led to the noose , the second time I got closer than the first , I hope I never have a third ! |
| 8 | But I have twice dreamt of being led to the noose , the second time I got closer than the first , I hope I never have a third ! |
| 9 | Time I got approximately though on or off for all |
| 10 | This time I got out of the car and felt my stomach heave again . |
| 11 | I 've just had two great jockeys John Francombe and Jonjo O'Neill phone me and they both agree it 's time I got out and I should be pleased they tell me |
| 12 | to climb the stairs , and I think then you tend to panic a bit , I and I felt most of the time I felt fine , and then you see getting up at five o'clock yesterday morning , by the time I got off , it was your father that fell asleep on that last drinking session , but I mean , as I said we ai n't used to drinking in the day like that |
| 13 | He put up some token resistance : he 'd never had my advantages , it was time I got down to some hard work , and so on . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's also time I got down to thinking positively about this show . |
| 15 | And by the time I got there I was very cold and hungry . |
| 16 | I had to take two trains and a bus ; by the time I got there I was bleeding badly , giddy and incoherent with exhaustion . |
| 17 | By the time I got there , a recession and punk rock had knocked all that on the head . |
| 18 | By the time I got there half the house had already burnt down . |
| 19 | I was really bad by the time I got there , y'know what I mean . |
| 20 | I could hardly breathe by the time I got there ; my chest felt as if it was bursting and my throat was clenched tight and my legs were quivering again . |
| 21 | By the time I got there , I 'd changed my mind . |
| 22 | By the time I got there he was dead . ’ |
| 23 | By the time I got there it had gone . ’ |
| 24 | If I had to Oxford my finger might have come off bythe time I got there |
| 25 | I was hoping there was , cos it 's about time I got back home — it 's getting pretty late . |
| 26 | By the time I got back home that seven pounds felt like seventy and I shall never forget , when I was about eight years old , with only a few yards to go , I dropped the precious parcel . |
| 27 | By the time I got back to my parents ' house my face was grey . |
| 28 | By the time I got back inside Eleanor Darcy was gone . ’ |
| 29 | By the time I got back to the hospital , I 'd missed the doctors ' rounds . |
| 30 | By the time I got back to the office it was almost six-thirty . |