Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peggy was aware that many of her sayings were threadbare , she had heard them many times before , but as the comedian said , it was n't what as said , it was the way it was told . |
| 2 | So I mean , John was right , she did come to see me that time . |
| 3 | Come to see me any time , Jacques , I 'll be heartbroken if you do n't … ’ ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm disappointed for those under 14s who have n't had a chance to see me this time , but I 'm looking forward to doing a full scale tour probably next year when everyone will have a chance to come along , ’ she added . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ He had to see me this time because I had a clue for him . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He came to see me several times and even brought Gordon [ Jackson ] along too . |
| 7 | ‘ Can you spare me some time ? ’ said Nicholson . |
| 8 | He stabbed them many times after they were dead . |
| 9 | Hick , a member of their 1983 World Cup squad when only 17 , will be opposing them this time . |
| 10 | You have n't given me enough time . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Nobody 's ever happy when they 're on the bench , but it 's given me some time to get my mind right again . |
| 12 | In fact , Mum had reprimanded me many times for being Sam 's lap-dog , saying that I was too much under my brother 's rotten influence . |
| 13 | ‘ Did you have a — ? ’ good trip , Leith might have said , but as if thinking he 'd given them enough time to sort themselves out , Naylor was butting in , and positively flabbergasting her by what he chose to interrupt with ! |
| 14 | Once again , I 'm stuck , as trapped as I was in that tree — and I do n't think a well-timed lightning bolt from Lil will spring me this time . |
| 15 | Why should we trust them this time ? |
| 16 | He promised me this time he really would stop cranking . |
| 17 | He invited me several times to supper at his parents ' house . |
| 18 | Expect me some time this afternoon . |
| 19 | That 'll buy you some time . |
| 20 | ‘ But how did she catch you that time ? ’ |
| 21 | Through a literary agent I had in New York I was able to help Sir Charles arrange the publication of that last book in America and I visited him many times , to hear him talk . |
| 22 | But he is betting that the Department of Health will not prosecute him this time . |
| 23 | I had asked the plumber to come and had reminded him several times and no doubt he would come in the end . |
| 24 | His mother phoned him several times and Jack had a disturbed night 's sleep . |
| 25 | Perhaps we would need it some time . |
| 26 | Not only did she need Vitor 's goodwill now , but she could need it some time in the future ; so turning him into an outright no-holds-barred enemy was shortsighted … and potentially dangerous . |
| 27 | The same effect can be obtained by filling the pool with water and emptying it several times over a period of two or three weeks . |
| 28 | I 'm beginning to think you did n't enjoy it that time we did it properly , that you wish you had n't ! ’ |
| 29 | It 's in response to Mr Allenby 's question we seem to be patiently waiting for I think he posed it some time ago about the county council 's view on whether in the absence of a strategic exceptions policy or whatever you call it , a major exceptions policy in the structure plan , whether the county council would object to it being pursued in the in the local plan . |
| 30 | Anything could have sparked the riots , it just happened to be the injustice of Rodney King 's trial that triggered it this time . |