Example sentences of "[det] time [conj] i had " in BNC.

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1 He said : ‘ He had to see me this time because I had a clue for him . ’
2 I did not see the trophy presented this time as I had to leave before the last race .
3 It had been some time since I had visited Ingleborough , so last summer I went back with a couple of friends to rediscover some of its hidden treasures .
4 It was quite some time since I had last played and , inhaling huge lungfuls of air as I did so , I looked forward keenly to demolishing my opponent with my supra-sonic service , my cunning topspins , bottomspins , sidespins , every-this-and-thatspins .
5 I was right on both counts , but it did not really sink in for some time that I had joined a charity .
6 It was unfortunate , I thought , that at the same time as I had realised the grandeur of God I had fallen in love with a mortal , and that the two experiences should have proved to be mutually exclusive , leaving me with the sensation that I was being sundered by equal forces .
7 Charlie did not know , at that time that I had also been hit in the chest and that my right lung had been punctured and had collapsed ’ .
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